killers 3 - 0 ESCAC (383097969)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and la rajita sudorosa saw a crowd turnout of 22715. Kostas Chorafas was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Lars Gilliam and Jérôme Augusto. killers decided to use a 5-3-2 set up. Lineup: Gareus - Bogush, Brualla, Trueno, Pastor, Tadić - Ljunglund, Andreasson, Hauge - Matsson, Zarpas Payá.

ESCAC tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Üster - Corigliano, Linca, Cao Han - Cobelens, Padra, Markov, Sahra, Majorán - Schwillinsky, Tzokol.

killers demonstrated their creative tactics on the field. It was an obvious ambition of ESCAC to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. killers made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left T. Matsson completely alone with keeper Y. Üster, who made a spectacular block. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to T. Matsson, but the killers player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! ESCAC's M. Markov's long shot really ought to have found the net 27 minutes into the match, but it fell just wide of the target. Cheers filled the stadium as T. Matsson broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to killers. By now, the players in killers felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. With 34 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience, D. Sahra needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in killers's J. Zarpas Payá increasing the lead to 3 - 0. 3 - 0 was the halftime score. killers enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 56 percent of possession.

Although the whole team were struggling to impress, ESCAC's R. Cobelens was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 60 minutes. S. Vala was given a chance to change things around. The referee showed ESCAC's S. Vala the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Due to a severely mistimed tackle, J. Tadić of killers spent some time on the grass writhing in agony before he could get up and continue the game. Players in ESCAC heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. killers's J. Zarpas Payá had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 77 minutes having been played. Z. Jauregibehere was the replacement. Possession in this half belonged to killers, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

Most important killers player was T. Matsson. S. Pastor on the other hand, had a terrible day. ESCAC's best player was M. Markov. S. Majorán was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 0.