IronEagles 4 - 1 Crowded (384882961)

The crowd of 46883 turning up at IronEagles Arena today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Jean-Pierre Gattlen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mbarjet Kolili and Bálint Takács. IronEagles had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Vogt - Alcazaba, Amelot, Aher - 恩毅 (Enyi), Ferreira Leal, Fulger, Rager, Palarrea - Baldino, Arnhard.

Crowded tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. Starters: Lisbach - Pawlik, Wyrsch - Cramer, Guazola, Piller, Zeelenberg, Fenner - Aleksić, Terra, Kuruc.

IronEagles were great at switching from defence to attack, and after 15 minutes, A. Fulger swept through the middle on a counterattack, making the score 1 - 0. Things were deteriorating for the away team as IronEagles scored another to make it 2 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for D. Aher after 23 minutes. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 31 minutes, IronEagles did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, D. Aher was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 3 - 0. F. Baldino should probably have put his team up another goal after 37 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by D. Lisbach kept the visitors in the game. M. Fenner had a couple of good opportunities to reply, but the home team's keeper J. Vogt was simply unbeatable. 3 - 0 was the score after the first half. IronEagles had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

IronEagles's 朱. 恩毅 (Enyi) was shown a yellow card after 47 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Morale on the visitors' bench was greatly improved when their L. Cramer reduced the lead to make it 3 - 1 after 48 minutes, following a pass from the right. 57 minutes into the game, Crowded's attack got through on the right, but Á. Guazola couldn't handle the ball and his feeble kick wound up in the keeper's arms. After 58 minutes, IronEagles's A. Fulger found the back of the goal with a beautiful free kick. 4 - 1. The players of IronEagles now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. 65 minutes in, IronEagles's M. Alcazaba received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. As the game started to slip away for Crowded, the manager decided to change the tactical approach. After 78 minutes, Crowded used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. Possession in this half belonged to IronEagles, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

Most important IronEagles player was F. Baldino. H. Amelot was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Crowded player was without a doubt D. Kuruc. However, V. Pawlik made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 4 - 1.