juniors 4 - 0 Devils (382031647)

10809 punters turned up at bombonera, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Whoi Vanenburg was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Laurent Briot and Stefan Mathiasson. juniors tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Zolliker - Stadtweide, Denis, Hofman - Semczyszyn, Kalinkevich, van Hemert, Zamorano, Stöpel - Pocher, Dofek.

Devils had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. Starters: Zambón - Hamster, Carmo, Agostino, Kaszuba - Tolunbay, Žagar, Juretić, Huallanca, Tresens - Campos.

juniors saw most attack opportunities on the wings. Devils were relying on their ability to counter-attack. H. Stöpel's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert S. Dofek was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for juniors. 1 - 0. juniors increased the lead as H. Stöpel struck to make the score 2 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. At this point, it was obvious that the players of juniors lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. A. Zamorano increased juniors's lead to 3 - 0 with a penalty spot cannonball. 3 - 0 was the halftime score. juniors claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 74 percent.

The Devils coach was desperate to reverse his team's fortunes in the game, and ordered his team to change strategy. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave O. Stadtweide from juniors a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 70 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Unfortunately for Devils, E. Tresens was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. A. Vichi replaced him. After 73 minutes, Devils switched E. Žagar with T. Oppenauer, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. A counterattack by Devils after 84 minutes could have resulted in a goal, but R. Agostino, coming in on the left, couldn't get the shot off. Cheers filled the stadium as O. Stadtweide broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 4 - 0 to juniors. juniors's E. Semczyszyn swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by juniors, with 76 percent of the ball.

juniors's top performer was clearly D. van Hemert. E. Semczyszyn turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Devils player was without a doubt T. Campos. However, G. Zambón made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 4 - 0.