Dangler 0 - 10 troubled (380260543)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 12000 at Buck Dangler FC Arena today. Dangler decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Willson - Longley, Burns, Shapiro, Garfield - Galvin, Dicker, Baasil, Burhan - Lutz, Daniels.

troubled had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. Lineup: Huff - Gilfillan, Williams - Murthi, Rakesh, Ponman, Challenger, Atkinson - Tocher, Geffen, Atkins.

The guests took the lead 7 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in C. Atkins scoring to make it 0 - 1. troubled increased their lead after 12 minutes when I. Ponman broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 2, much to the home crowd's dismay. troubled's J. Atkinson made use of his speed to get free of the defence, but he still couldn't get a shot off 16 minutes into the match. C. Tocher of troubled took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 19 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 3. The players of troubled now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. The visitors' F. Geffen took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 22 minutes into the match. 0 - 4 for troubled. 0 - 4 was the score after the first half. troubled claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 80 percent.

The troubled players could smell victory in the air. T. Gilfillan wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for S. Capewell after 46 minutes. The coach of troubled was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 46 minutes, C. Camden came on for J. Atkinson. With 53 minutes having been played, his teammates looked on in disbelief as M. Baasil thoughtlessly misplayed the ball, setting up troubled's P. Murthi for an easy goal. 0 - 5. After 62 minutes, troubled's C. Atkins burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 6. Some fine movement on the left led to a troubled goal after 78 minutes, making it 0 - 7. C. Tocher was noted down as the scorer. With 79 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed C. Camden of troubled to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 8. A drive down the left side allowed C. Camden to get in close and score another goal for troubled after 82 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 9. After 84 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave C. Atkins a chance to increase the lead for troubled, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 10. At that, C. Atkins was noted down for a hat trick! B. Williams wanted to play on, but the troubled coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 89 minutes into the game by D. Carr. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by troubled, with 82 percent of the ball.

Dangler's best player was P. Lutz. B. Willson turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating troubled player was without a doubt C. Tocher. On the other hand, P. Murthi's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 10.