didu 0 - 7 FC.Manchester (382616787)

It had rained all day, but 12000 hardy fans still made it out to Arenata. Martin Alexander Best was the appointed referee. didu had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. They fielded: Kalushkov - Antonov, Bogdanov, Volgin, Velchev - Semerdzhiev, Osikovski, Zhelev, Altınel - Todorov, Trenev.

FC.Manchester tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Baloira - Janer, Bochini, Rytina - Izquierdo, From, Jakeli, Kagiadakis, Malinen - Rääk, Alsted.

FC.Manchester mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. FC.Manchester's P. Bochini left the field after 7 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was A. Marthinsen. It was obvious that team FC.Manchester had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. FC.Manchester took the lead 14 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. K. Alsted was the scorer. didu's I. Osikovski got himself booked for a foul. After 29 minutes, FC.Manchester's M. Jakeli burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 2. FC.Manchester had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. The home crowd cheered when, after 33 minutes, V. Malinen's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. The home crowd was not impressed when K. Alsted came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 34 minutes. FC.Manchester were now up 0 - 3. After this, you could see that the players of FC.Manchester were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. V. Rytina had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. It was 0 - 3 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by FC.Manchester, with 77 percent of the ball.

FC.Manchester were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. After 55 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave H. Rääk a chance to increase the lead for FC.Manchester, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 4. H. Rääk was, after 64 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper A. Kalushkov made the save. The visitors' A. Marthinsen took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 65 minutes into the match. 0 - 5 for FC.Manchester. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for FC.Manchester, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. R. From received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 68 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 6. The FC.Manchester fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. After 77 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for M. Jakeli who increased FC.Manchester's lead to 0 - 7. Possession in this half belonged to FC.Manchester, who controlled the ball 78 percent of the time.

The most dominating didu player was without a doubt I. Trenev. On the other hand, İ. Altınel's play was disheartening. Most important FC.Manchester player was K. Alsted. N. Kagiadakis was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 7.