Force 4 - 4 Fc Pfyn (384983304)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 24630 had shown up at Arena of Forcekeepers for the match. Eino Leemet was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rafael de la Mata and Eryk Ganczar. Force started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Al-Mahmoud - Gam, Landrø, Kotlyar - Basille, Häring, Calac-Schneider, Boeris, Steinaecker - Jansson, Bitschnau.

Fc Pfyn decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. They fielded: Lee - Szybkowski, Fürst von Metternich, Oyuela - Ng, Tulio, Bandosz, Čuriks - Teixeira, Del favero, Lupoli.

The wings were the focus of most of Force's attacks today. With 8 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as Q. Bitschnau flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. Force put themselves up 2 - 0 when B. Steinaecker broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. The home team's fans were upset when, after 31 minutes, the visiting G. Bandosz broke through the central defence and kicked the ball past the keeper. 2 - 1 was the score. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. H. Jansson squirmed through their central defence after 34 minutes, increasing the lead to 3 - 1. By now, the players in Force felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Morale on the visitors' bench was greatly improved when their R. Ng reduced the lead to make it 3 - 2 after 40 minutes, following a pass from the right. 3 - 2 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Fc Pfyn, with 51 percent of the ball.

A. Boeris had a fantastic opportunity to put Force up another goal 47 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. After 66 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and H. Jansson gave the Force supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 4 - 2. A well-placed free kick by Fc Pfyn's A. Fürst von Metternich reduced the lead to 4 - 3. Fc Pfyn tied it all up, 80 minutes in, after a spectacular goal by J. Oyuela, who miraculously broke through the home side's central defence, making it 4 - 4. Fc Pfyn enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.

Force's top performer was clearly G. Häring. H. Al-Mahmoud was a disappointment, however. Most important Fc Pfyn player was G. Bandosz. On the other hand, B. Lee's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 4.