Shortlegs 4 - 0 Løvene (384133447)

The 47514 spectators at Shortlegs FC Kunstgress were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Harry Yakubu was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Laurent Teillard and Francisco Ordoñez. Shortlegs tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. The following players took the field: Koreň - Guerry, Landais - Zuber, Barış, de Hundt, Lamedo, Diemand - Riesa, Galbraith, Glattfelder.

Løvene started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Holmen - Krogh, Due, Kirknes - Vassdal, Gautier, Vicković, Aguirre, Angermair - Mikkelsen, Bjørdal.

Shortlegs clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to L. Glattfelder, but the Shortlegs player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! S. Galbraith could have increased the lead after 25 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. Cheers filled the stadium as S. Riesa broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to Shortlegs. Shortlegs had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. 36 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as L. Glattfelder broke through, making the score 3 - 0 for Shortlegs. After this, you could see that the players of Shortlegs were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. Løvene's E. Vassdal left the field after 38 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was I. Harila. 3 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Shortlegs, who controlled the ball 67 percent of the time.

Central attacks were the recipe of the day for Shortlegs, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. B. Diemand squirmed through their central defence after 52 minutes, increasing the lead to 4 - 0. Løvene breathed new life into the game with an opportunity to reduce the score after 61 minutes, but the home side's defenders cleared the ball on the line, after a long shot coming in from the left rebounded off the crossbar. The referee showed Løvene's V. Vicković the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. S. Mikkelsen found it hard to catch his breath today in the stifling heat. Shortlegs were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Shortlegs, with 68 percent of the ball.

Most important Shortlegs player was H. Barış. N. Zuber turned in a dismal performance, however. Løvene's top performer was clearly C. Bjørdal. On the other hand, I. Harila's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 0.