mamlouk 5 - 3 Gladiators35 (385976144)

Clouds darkened the skies at AC mamlouk Arena as 35281 spectators turned up for the match. Jonas Hancock was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Harry Yakubu and José Leonardo Hormaza. mamlouk had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. The following players had been chosen: Goas - Fontana, Wolthuis - Hamrouni, Brunsgaard, Bajović, Stahlmann, Chantry - Gueguen, Sonnweber, Römer.

Gladiators35 decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Ivić - Charvet, Moulin, Thome - Colombier, Fleury, Casón, Jeannette, Rupel - Mnari, Lefebvre.

mamlouk were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. 6 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for mamlouk was J. Gueguen. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave G. Brunsgaard from mamlouk a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 33 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Gladiators35 levelled the score after 34 minutes to make it 1 - 1, as G. Moulin struck home after a fine midfield combination through the centre, which left him completely unmarked. Making his way up the middle 35 minutes into the match, O. Stahlmann almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert A. Ivić blocked it to keep the score level. V. Bajović got left behind when Gladiators35's G. Rupel made a sudden run forward after 37 minutes, finishing off with a neat strike. 1 - 2! It was 1 - 2 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Gladiators35, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

With 55 minutes having been played, mamlouk scored to make it 2 - 2. A dribble down the left wing, followed by a shot which took a wicked bounce off a defender resulted in the keeper having no chance. Everyone thought it'd been an own goal, but G. Römer was marked down as the scorer. Gladiators35 took the lead after 58 minutes making the score 2 - 3. G. Rupel placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. mamlouk's A. Hamrouni got himself booked for a foul. Due to some great work on the right wing mamlouk's G. Brunsgaard was able to even the score after 65 minutes to make the score 3 - 3. L. Jeannette had a good opportunity to give Gladiators35 the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. The guests almost went up by a goal after 84 minutes when J. Lefebvre came through and shot from the right. The ball bounced harmlessly off the post, though. mamlouk took the lead after 85 minutes as a result of G. Brunsgaard's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 4 - 3. With 86 minutes played, mamlouk put themselves up 5 - 3 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to D. Chantry, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Gladiators35 claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

The most dominating mamlouk player was without a doubt G. Römer. On the other hand, A. Goas's play was disheartening. L. Jeannette performed admirably for Gladiators35. A. Ivić on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 5 - 3.