maxx 3 - 0 fch (381040734)

29500 fans braved the pouring rain at f.c maxx Arena. Arvis Tomass was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jim Rosner and Walter Züst. maxx decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Gutman - Popovich, Eilat, van Scheppingen - Hepo-oja, Galván, Schwanzelberger, Oddo, Cuvelier - Tramaglini, González.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for fch. Starters: Gasol - Dunkel, Luehrs, Haj Salehi, Farfaropoulos - Andrusieczko, Bryggman, Cabaços, Kramberger - Lola, Borroni.

fch used their skill at pressing to cut off the attack angles of their opponents all over the field. L. Schwanzelberger caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 10 minutes. This gave maxx the 1 - 0 lead. maxx's R. González left the field after 33 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was Z. Shnayderman. P. Cuvelier was handed the maxx captain's armband. B. Haj Salehi spent most of the time in a heap on the ground today, his normally rapid movement hindered by the slippery pitch. maxx's E. Oddo struck his penalty well enough to beat the goalkeeper and extend the home team's lead to 2 - 0 after 38 minutes. maxx put themselves up 3 - 0 when J. Galván broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. After this, you could see that the players of maxx were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by maxx, with 76 percent of the ball.

R. Dunkel didn't let the weather get him down and made some great moves on the pitch in spite of the rain. R. Eilat wanted to play on, but the maxx coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 60 minutes into the game by J. Magnussen. The coach of maxx was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 65 minutes, M. Buruk came on for P. Cuvelier. J. Magnussen was the new captain of maxx - handed the armband by the departing player. maxx put in a good effort on the right, but J. Magnussen saw his volley fly wide of the mark 74 minutes into the game. At this time in the match, fch were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. maxx claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 74 percent.

L. Schwanzelberger performed admirably for maxx. Z. Shnayderman on the other hand, had a terrible day. fch's top performer was clearly C. Luehrs. However, B. Gasol made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 0.