Suzhou 1 - 1 qqxx (380533220)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 34215 that came out to Royal Palace. Sigurd Ølholm was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mattias Rosenhall and Buster Dinwoodie. Suzhou decided to use a 5-4-1 set up. The following players took the field: 恒伟 (Hengwei) - Maccabruni, 崇逸 (Chongyi), 国新 (Guoxin) , Itäinen, 树胜 (Shusheng) - Marcoz, Wouters, Gussner, Ahumada - 崇柏 (Chongbo).

qqxx had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. Starters: Garcés - 达夫 (Dafu), Calicchio, 平勇 (Pingyong), Kim, 宝泉 (Baoquan) - 偌梁 (Ruoliang) , Solla, Artursson, 友健 (Youjian) - Borraxeiros.

Suzhou were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for qqxx. With 14 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of qqxx resulted in a counterattack that set L. Solla free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. With 25 minutes played C. Wouters almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. qqxx played a good counterattacking move down the left 26 minutes into the match, with D. Artursson finishing well for 0 - 1. qqxx's defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 30 minutes gone, but F. Calicchio's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to Suzhou, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.

A handball in the penalty area gave the home team a penalty 47 minutes into the match, and L. Maccabruni was able to score, taking the scoreline to 1 - 1. 关. 平勇 (Pingyong) of qqxx received a yellow card after 49 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. It was obvious that Suzhou had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. Good work by the qqxx defensive line after 57 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found V. Borraxeiros alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. F. Calicchio's technique was perfect on this sunny day and led to some breathtaking tricks that bamboozled the defence. Suzhou's 陈. 树胜 (Shusheng) got himself booked for a foul. qqxx were forced into a substitution as 焦. 友健 (Youjian) couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing 陈. 云泽 (Yunze) to come in off the bench. Y. Kim was the new captain of qqxx - handed the armband by the departing player. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Suzhou, with 53 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Suzhou player was without a doubt 钟. 恒伟 (Hengwei). On the other hand, L. Maccabruni's play was disheartening. qqxx's best player was V. Borraxeiros. 陆. 宝泉 (Baoquan) on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 1.