Alvarged 0 - 4 ScreamingLions (380352423)

10191 punters turned up at Alvargarden, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Sergio López Murphy was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Misja Nauta and Niels Erik Rothmann. Alvarged tactics involved an interesting 5-5-0 combination. They fielded: Harding - Stjerne, West, Wittendorff, Vadstrup, Steinau - Sander, Andreassen, Gichure, Bøgild, Strunge -.

ScreamingLions decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Barreiro - Karadzovski, Zamora, 容霖 (Ronglin) - Turner, Löffler, Šenovský, Wesselink, From Nielsen - Houpert, Sibinčić.

It was obvious that Alvarged were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. There was concern in the stands when, at the 6 minute mark, ScreamingLions's N. Wesselink hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. 16 minutes into the game, J. Turner almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. After 19 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Alvarged found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to inadequate. Down the middle came N. Wesselink, making a fantastic play that nearly had ScreamingLions take the lead after 27 minutes, but I. Harding preserved the tie. 35 minutes into the match, ScreamingLions nearly took the lead, as M. Löffler broke through on the right. I. Harding made the save, however. It was 0 - 0 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by ScreamingLions, with 67 percent of the ball.

The Alvarged players spent the break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organisation and regained a solid organisation when the game started again. 62 minutes into the game, Alvarged seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to solid. The visitors grabbed the lead after J. Zamora's free kick succeeded, resulting in a score of 0 - 1. 80 minutes into the game, Alvarged had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to inadequate. Almost all the way down to the corner flag, ScreamingLions's J. Turner somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for Q. Houpert, who struck for 0 - 2. Given a free kick close to the byline, ScreamingLions tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let B. Karadzovski slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 0 - 3, 83 minutes into the game. With 84 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed H. From Nielsen of ScreamingLions to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 4. ScreamingLions claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 70 percent.

Most important Alvarged player was I. Harding. A. West turned in a dismal performance, however. Q. Houpert performed admirably for ScreamingLions. On the other hand, J. Turner's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 4.