Hooligans 2 - 0 The (380478159)

5891 spectators had come to The Hairless Hooliga Arena this cloudy day. Martin Utter was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Salustiano Areas and Julio César Valles. A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Hooligans. Starters: Wheat - Petty, Novoa, Moore, Rainsbarger - McKittrick, Behrens, Kaczmarek, Lund, Dickson - Echeverría.

The decided to use a 5-4-1 set up. Lineup: Håkansson - Lammikko, Vlaskos, Eribe, Nick Ghalb, Engelbrecht - Bistram, Römer, Shalev, Morvan - Nemes.

K. Nemes had a good opportunity to give The the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. L. Dickson's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert C. Echeverría was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for Hooligans. 1 - 0. With things not going too well on the field, the The coach made the decision to swap the positions of T. Håkansson and M. Vlaskos with 25 minutes played. The needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 28 minutes A. Nick Ghalb made way for A. Maragall. Sensing defeat in the air, the The manager directed G. Engelbrecht and F. Morvan to change positions with each other. This was 30 minutes into the match. Some things can only be learned through experience, and C. Lund should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting The a goal with 32 minutes of the match played. It was 1 - 0 at the break. The claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

After 50 minutes, The switched V. Lammikko with O. Gillio, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. Still trailing on the score board, The adjusted their tactics after 60 minutes. V. Shalev had a quick chat at the side line, then switched positions with T. Håkansson. The score became 2 - 0 at 75 minutes into the game, when Hooligans were given a penalty which D. Kaczmarek blasted straight down the middle giving the keeper no chance! C. Lund could have put Hooligans up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 78 minutes. Coming in on the left, K. Römer did everything right to get a goal for The after 79 minutes, but his finishing shot was stabbed clear by the keeper. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by The, with 51 percent of the ball.

Hooligans's top performer was clearly C. Lund. D. Wheat on the other hand, had a terrible day. K. Römer performed admirably for The. However, T. Håkansson made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 0.