HOOPAWAMPA 6 - 1 bouilland (385922925)

33497 spectators arrived at CHOCOLATE ARENA, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Lassi Jäntti was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Augustyn Slowik and Ben Lauper. HOOPAWAMPA decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Galaup - Mašanović, Sobczyk, Kaufmann - Coadic, Guendisch, Ben Yahia, Cauvin, Hamnes - Sedstål, Versteegh.

bouilland had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Bianchi - Benda, Östflod, Adamovich - David, Vesnić, Noguera, van Blerk, Osca - Garay, Pirttimäki.

It was an obvious ambition of bouilland to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. With 9 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as D. Versteegh flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in HOOPAWAMPA's J. Sedstål increasing the lead to 2 - 0. After 13 minutes, bouilland used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. The bouilland coach was desperate to reverse his team's fortunes in the game, and ordered his team to change strategy. bouilland had a magnificent opportunity after 22 minutes as T. Benda hit the ball hard from the edge of the penalty box. However, the shot went wide. After 23 minutes, D. Versteegh put HOOPAWAMPA ahead 3 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. The bench was restless, and with 24 minutes passed bouilland's coach gave H. Diame the opportunity the player had been hoping for. J. Noguera reluctantly left the field. HOOPAWAMPA's R. Coadic got himself booked for a foul. A loud groan was heard from the fans of bouilland, as T. Benda left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. T. Julku took his place on the field. 29 minutes into the game, bouilland seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to passable. M. Kaufmann increased the lead for HOOPAWAMPA to 4 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! By now, the players in HOOPAWAMPA felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. 4 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to HOOPAWAMPA, who controlled the ball 68 percent of the time.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that bouilland had solid organisation. After 46 minutes, bouilland switched J. Osca with A. Coltri, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. Ater 55 minutes A. Coltri seized on an opportunistic attack from the right, and scored for bouilland making it 4 - 1. HOOPAWAMPA's A. Sobczyk left the field after 59 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was A. Deboudt. HOOPAWAMPA had to manage with a reduced squad after 63 minutes, as D. Versteegh got sent off for a needless foul away from the game's action. HOOPAWAMPA's A. Deboudt was shown a yellow card after 77 minutes for slicing down an opponent. bouilland were worse off though, as J. Bianchi was unable to finish the game and no more substitutes were available! A field player had to replace the goalkeeper, and this difficult task fell to T. Garay . HOOPAWAMPA managed to extend their lead to 5 - 1 when M. Kaufmann cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. After 88 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and A. Deboudt gave the HOOPAWAMPA supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 6 - 1. With 88 minutes of the game having been played, Å. Östflod received a blow to the hip in a collision and was unable to continue. bouilland, with no available replacements, now faced the prospect of finishing the game with a reduced number of players. 88 minutes into the game, bouilland had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to passable. With 88 minutes played, H. Diame had a fantastic opportunity to reply but his shot flew harmlessly into the side-netting of the goal. The HOOPAWAMPA players could smell victory in the air. C. Galaup wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for R. Isblom after 89 minutes. R. Isblom became the new HOOPAWAMPA captain. With 89 minutes played, HOOPAWAMPA's N. Ben Yahia almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. HOOPAWAMPA claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

HOOPAWAMPA's best player was R. Coadic. A. Deboudt on the other hand, had a terrible day. bouilland's top performer was clearly M. Pirttimäki. However, T. Garay made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 6 - 1.