yosi 6 - 0 Devils (381044431)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and הפסגה saw a crowd turnout of 30198. Hans Robertsson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Lauri Taanila and Ulrich Brunnenmaier. yosi tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Purizaga - Aquino, Recalde, Galvano - Luijkx, Ruppmann, Gärtner, Jelinek, Rohée - Martens, Idrissi.

Devils had chosen a strategic 4-3-3 formation. The following players had been chosen: Ratzon - Rimon, Avron, Danino, Avny - Mizrachi, Goren, Dangoor - Bruijnaers, Guidugli, Even.

yosi saw most attack opportunities on the wings. Devils immediately set off using their skill at pressing their opponents. yosi had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. yosi took the lead after 11 minutes as a result of H. Jelinek's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. Devils's talent at pressing frustrated the spectators as the game became a dire midfield struggle. yosi's O. Martens increased the lead to 2 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 26 minutes. yosi increased the lead as R. Recalde struck to make the score 3 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. The score became 4 - 0 at 36 minutes into the game, when yosi were given a penalty which S. Rohée blasted straight down the middle giving the keeper no chance! The teams went for the halftime break at 4 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to yosi, who controlled the ball 83 percent of the time.

The yosi free kick 54 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of A. Idrissi, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 5 - 0! At this point, it was obvious that the players of yosi lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. R. Recalde had a fantastic opportunity to put yosi up another goal 61 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. After 74 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by O. Martens might have resulted in another goal for yosi. However, L. Ratzon made a spectacular save. yosi's A. Luijkx saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 75 minutes. Attacking on the wings was the choice for yosi, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. After 80 minutes, S. Rohée put yosi ahead 6 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. yosi claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 86 percent.

Most important yosi player was O. Martens. A. Idrissi was a disappointment, however. Devils's top performer was clearly A. Bruijnaers. L. Ratzon on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 6 - 0.