Bubi 5 - 2 amirzone (381027876)

Dark skies made the crowd of 35882 at Das ÜberSpieler Stadion a little nervous, but the rain held off. Marcelo Aragão was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rudolph Scholle and Fuad Mehralıyev. Bubi decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. The following players had been chosen: Gavrilenko - Zeltzer, Sasson - Bruchian, Ameen, Blum, Elkin, Kadosh - Michaeli, Shapira, Oscar.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for amirzone. Starters: Dimitrov - Aldred, Kaleel, Ñango - Shakeri, Reina, Toso, Allegüe, Jouvet - Carter, Mágócs.

M. Elkin sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from Y. Zeltzer after 17 minutes of play, making the score 1 - 0. The visitors didn't give in and, after 19 minutes, M. Kaleel got through the home side's central line of defence, rolling in the equaliser to make it 1 - 1. After 20 minutes, following yet another great corner, M. Elkin's flick on at the near post reached E. Ameen, who was just wide with his snapshot - the ball went out for a goal kick. Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 22 minutes into the match left amirzone's K. Shakeri completely free to score. 1 - 2 for the visitors. After 23 minutes, Bubi's M. Michaeli swiftly ran past S. Aldred and nutmegged the keeper! 2 - 2. Bubi fans held their breath as M. Elkin scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 3 - 2! Bubi's M. Michaeli left the field after 33 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was A. Stern. Halftime score was 3 - 2. Possession was split evenly between the teams.

The amirzone players listened closely to their manager, as he gave new tactical instructions for the team. After 56 minutes, amirzone used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. Unhappy with the result so far in the game, the amirzone manager used a brief break in play after 56 minutes to give the players new directives. amirzone needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 56 minutes S. Aldred made way for B. Wyrobek. As the captain was no longer on the pitch, H. Ñango took over the role of being the amirzone captain. Still trailing on the score board, amirzone adjusted their tactics after 57 minutes. P. Allegüe had a quick chat at the side line, then switched positions with B. Wyrobek. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Bubi's Y. Zeltzer increasing the lead to 4 - 2. After 68 minutes, the Bubi players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game. S. Oscar left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 68 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. G. Gafni was the replacement. With 79 minutes played, Y. Zeltzer could have brought this one home for Bubi as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. 80 minutes into the match amirzone's P. Allegüe head butted an opponent nastily, and so the referee sent him off immediately. Bubi's Y. Zeltzer struck his penalty well enough to beat the goalkeeper and extend the home team's lead to 5 - 2 after 83 minutes. By now, the players in Bubi felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Possession in this half belonged to Bubi, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

Bubi's best player was D. Gavrilenko. B. Kadosh turned in a dismal performance, however. amirzone's top performer was clearly B. Carter. H. Ñango was a disappointment, however. The match ends 5 - 2.