cherven 1 - 5 FC.Manchester (382616788)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 12000 had shown up at cherven brqg Arena for the match. Dmitry Zhernov was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Kastus' Zavodkin and Cecil Ullman. cherven tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. They fielded: Dimitrov - Peev, Mandzhukov, Minev, Kahraman - Gündağ, Rusev, Stamenov, Atahan - Ivanov, Stoyanov.

FC.Manchester had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Baloira - Janer, Bochini, Rytina - Izquierdo, From, Jakeli, Kagiadakis, Malinen - Rääk, Alsted.

FC.Manchester tried to focus their attacks down the middle. Some things can only be learned through experience, and M. Jakeli should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting cherven a goal with 27 minutes of the match played. The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 41 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from S. Atahan, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. Almost all the way down to the corner flag, FC.Manchester's V. Malinen somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for K. Alsted, who struck for 1 - 1. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 44 minutes, FC.Manchester did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, K. Alsted was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 1 - 2. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 2. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by FC.Manchester, with 60 percent of the ball.

K. Alsted received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 54 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 1 - 3. The FC.Manchester fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. This third goal completed a hattrick for K. Alsted. 55 minutes in, cherven's G. Minev received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. After 73 minutes, FC.Manchester sent a free kick in high over the penalty box. In what looked like a well-rehearsed move, the ball was headed backwards and reached K. Alsted, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 1 - 4. An indecisive keeper looked on as a free kick by FC.Manchester's H. Rääk put the visitors up 1 - 5 after 79 minutes. At this point, it was obvious that the players of FC.Manchester lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Possession in this half belonged to FC.Manchester, who controlled the ball 60 percent of the time.

cherven's best player was D. Stamenov. However, G. Minev made a disastrous appearance. Most important FC.Manchester player was K. Alsted. N. Kagiadakis turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 5.