Blue 9 - 0 vb121212 (382590990)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 45460 had shown up at bTV Group Arena for the match. Şemsettin Sayru was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Yu Kwannah and Neil Higginson. Blue tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. Starters: Reed - Chodorov, Cihlář, Dolan - Buitenwerf, Gerkens, Jagers, Achille - Maignan, Almeida, Sordi.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for vb121212. Lineup: Rangelov - Arsenov, Katincharov, Ankov, Chernev - Kostadinov, Atanasov, Pavlov, Papushev - Mironov, Vaklinov.

Blue took the lead 6 minutes into the game by 1 - 0, as J. Almeida elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. J. Almeida squirmed through their central defence after 7 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. 27 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as S. Achille broke through, making the score 3 - 0 for Blue. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Blue's D. Maignan increasing the lead to 4 - 0. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Blue lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Blue to 5 - 0 as L. Cihlář finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. 5 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Blue, with 80 percent of the ball.

After 53 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and D. Maignan gave the Blue supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 6 - 0. B. Kostadinov of vb121212 was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Cheers filled the stadium as J. Almeida broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 7 - 0 to Blue. That made three goals for J. Almeida and he was marked down for the hat trick. Blue increased the lead as J. Almeida struck to make the score 8 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. Blue's J. Gerkens saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 80 minutes. Blue's B. Dolan increased the lead to 9 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 82 minutes. The referee showed Blue's M. Sordi the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Blue had most of the ball, with 84 percent of possession.

Blue's best player was J. Gerkens. H. Reed turned in a dismal performance, however. vb121212's top performer was clearly L. Papushev. However, N. Rangelov made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 9 - 0.