pfuscht 2 - 4 Georgetownkickers (384884480)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 48571 that came out to Kolosseum. Wilger van Silfhout was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ard Woesthoff and Köksal Leyli. A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for pfuscht. The following players had been chosen: de Diesbach - Spillmann, Seckinger, Lufkin - Zipkes, Menges, Zöbeli, Giacomelli - Ruppli, Diem, Blake.

Georgetownkickers started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. The following players took the field: Danecki - Haffner, Huandoy, Nord, Hüni - Polignino, Kempe, Gimmelli, Betschart, Urquiza - Kant.

It was obvious that Georgetownkickers were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Georgetownkickers's B. Kant after 2 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. Boom! What a strike by Georgetownkickers's N. Polignino! Firing in from 35 yards after 7 minutes, that is probably one of the best goals he's ever scored! 0 - 2. T. Menges always provides an aerial threat at corners, and with 16 minutes gone, he demonstrated this, outjumping his marker, then letting out an anguished howl as his powerful header went narrowly wide. The Georgetownkickers free kick 39 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of I. Betschart, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 0 - 3! 0 - 3 was the halftime score. pfuscht had most of the ball, with 58 percent of possession.

Georgetownkickers made it 0 - 4 as W. Nord got a touch to the floated corner kick and flicked the ball to N. Urquiza who whipped a low drive in off the far post. The players of Georgetownkickers now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Georgetownkickers will have to do without N. Urquiza for a time, due to a bad foot injury at the 57 minute mark. He was substituted by J. Brinkhoff. I. Betschart wasn't much help defensively. His energy-consuming forward runs proved quite costly in the oppressive heat. The Georgetownkickers players could smell victory in the air. B. Kant wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for N. Tojeira after 70 minutes. G. Kempe was handed the Georgetownkickers captain's armband. A. Huandoy left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 74 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. G. Bov was the replacement. After 78 minutes, pfuscht switched F. Ruppli with T. Buchwiser, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. Several players seemed a little dazed by the warm weather, and were repeatedly tricked by the clever and agile J. Brinkhoff. The home team's supporters got excited again when O. Blake broke through the visitors' central defence and caught their keeper off guard, making it 1 - 4. The home side worked their way through the middle and almost got one back when A. Diem tried to sneak the ball past the keeper. G. Danecki was too alert for that! pfuscht reduced the lead to 2 - 4 with 87 minutes on the clock when A. Diem got the best of a ball floated in from the left. At this time in the match, Georgetownkickers were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. Possession in this half belonged to pfuscht, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.

T. Buchwiser performed admirably for pfuscht. However, A. Diem made a disastrous appearance. Georgetownkickers's best player was N. Tojeira. On the other hand, J. Brinkhoff's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 4.