Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 38992 to
trifff de böllä palast.
Glenn Vergouwen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Abel Montilla Martos and
Carl Thulke.
Everyone was excited about the upcoming
Zürich derby and the crowd was divided evenly.
A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for triff.
The following players had been chosen: La Corte - Bouvier, Minni, Ionită - Adlmanninger, Abalos, Coret, Saraluhta, Schille - Mermod, Chyła.
Springboks tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination.
Lineup: Louviot - Hildner, Butti, von Fischer, Devillers - Schaetzle, Reutlinger, Lefebvre, Daulne - Kämpfer, Mathieu.
triff took the lead 8 minutes in, as
M. Coret broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper.
A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in triff's
M. Saraluhta increasing the lead to 2 - 0.
The players of triff now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle.
triff put themselves up 3 - 0 when
N. Minni broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake.
35 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as
M. Saraluhta broke through, making the score 4 - 0 for triff.
After 36 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and
S. Chyła gave the triff supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 5 - 0.
Halftime score was 5 - 0.
triff had most of the ball, with 90 percent of possession.
triff managed to extend their lead to 6 - 0 when
J. Schille cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper.
S. Chyła could have increased the lead after 72 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park.
triff solidified their lead at the 74 minute mark, as
M. Saraluhta dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 7 - 0.
That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for
M. Saraluhta.
triff increased the lead as
S. Chyła struck to make the score 8 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper.
With 79 minutes played, triff put themselves up 9 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to
S. Chyła, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home.
That made three goals for
S. Chyła and he was marked down for the hat trick.
triff claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 92 percent.
Most important triff player was
A. Abalos.
F. Mermod was a disappointment, however.
Springboks's top performer was clearly
B. Kämpfer.
However,
S. Louviot made a disastrous appearance.
The match ends 9 - 0.