Garfield 2 - 4 grasen (384973438)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 25546 at Garfield Arena today. Maximus Nopper was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Giuseppe Melick and Atahualpa Ruggeri. Garfield started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players took the field: Zant - van Wijngaarden, Eriksson, Peternelj - Schläpfer, Bonhora, Toupin, Vélez - Dombóvári, Chatard, Morrel.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for grasen. Lineup: Kuusinen - Dewispelaere, Skórczyński, Gächter - 法城 (Facheng) , Parkar, van Ginneken, Junik, Saviranta - Raucci, Staib.

3 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Garfield to take the lead after a good cross from the right found A. Toupin alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. With 8 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. G. Gächter put the ball away for 0 - 1. 贾. 法城 (Facheng) of grasen received a yellow card after 17 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. The visitors' J. Raucci took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 26 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for grasen. D. Zant got a fingertip on B. Staib's shot from the left 35 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. 0 - 2 was the halftime score. grasen claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

F. Bonhora showed why he is feared on the counterattack, breaking through in the middle and scoring for Garfield after 48 minutes to make the score 1 - 2. After 66 minutes, Garfield 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 I. Dombóvári, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 2 - 2. The guests took the lead 67 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in E. Saviranta scoring to make it 2 - 3. M. Sabre was called on to replace grasen's A. Parkar after 79 minutes following a nasty collision. After 79 minutes, grasen's T. Junik burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 2 - 4. The players of grasen now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. C. Schläpfer made a nice dash down the wing after 87 minutes, but was unable to get the cross into the box. A goal kick was awarded. Possession was split evenly between the teams.

The most dominating Garfield player was without a doubt V. Morrel. D. Zant on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important grasen player was J. Raucci. 贾. 法城 (Facheng) was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 4.