Phong 3 - 3 UKFC (380664883)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 27770 that came out to Lach Trach Arena. Nand Verhage was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Thomas ''Snopan'' Matsson and Kees Schoonderwoerd. Phong decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. Lineup: Phúc Thăng - Khuyến, Celis, Vercesi, Văn Du - Bello, Ploss, Beerta, El Rifai, Pilotto - Klęczar.

A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for UKFC. The following players took the field: Labrenz - Tufariello, Caputo, Canto - Hồng Kiên, Phúc Chu, Sotgia, Văn Thà - Diefenbach, Barata Pereira, Lecart.

Phong clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. Phong took the lead after 12 minutes as a result of I. El Rifai's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. The head of C. Tufariello connected with a corner kick after 23 minutes, and the ball ended up with E. Canto of UKFC who blasted the ball into the net, making the score 1 - 1. After 35 minutes, UKFC's S. Barata Pereira made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 1 - 2. With the crowd on their feet chanting wildly, some great moves down the right hand side after 38 minutes gave Phong a wonderful opportunity to level the score, and B. Ploss stepped up to the challenge. 2 - 2 After 40 minutes, UKFC's S. Barata Pereira fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! It was a hot and sunny day, and several players seemed worn out. Maybe this was why L. Beerta found an unusual amount of space for his snappy footwork. With 43 minutes played, S. Barata Pereira of UKFC fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 44 minutes into the match left UKFC's L. Văn Thà completely free to score. 2 - 3 for the visitors. 2 - 3 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to Phong, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

The intense heat forced P. Phúc Chu into making some errors because he couldn't seem to keep up with the others. N. Phúc Thăng kept the home side in the game with a magnificent save when D. Sotgia delivered an almost perfect free kick to the far post. After 55 minutes Phong's B. Ploss contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. UKFC's E. Canto made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 79 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. The bench was restless, and with 81 minutes passed Phong's coach gave P. Phước Tài the opportunity the player had been hoping for. L. Beerta reluctantly left the field. With 81 minutes played, the Phong coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. 優. 吉田 (Yoshida) came on, B. Ploss had to leave the fray. After 84 minutes, Phong switched S. Pilotto with N. Văn Thới, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. With 84 minutes played, after a good run down the left, N. Văn Thới went down looking for a penalty after a challenge from the visitors' right fullback, but the referee waved play on, and later warned him for diving. After 86 minutes of play, P. Khuyến evened things up for Phong with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 3 - 3. Phong enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.

Phong's top performer was clearly E. Klęczar. N. Phúc Thăng on the other hand, had a terrible day. UKFC's best player was C. Diefenbach. On the other hand, E. Canto's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 3.