da-lhe 5 - 0 leões (386295497)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 38777 had shown up at da-lhe forte f.c Arena for the match. Sahar Levin was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Hans Aurdal and Josh MacQueen. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for da-lhe. Starters: Braun - Ulloa, Cornea, Tuisku - Borowa, Hervier, Paiva, Güntherodt, Sáfri - Cosmede, Diederichs.

leões decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Bukvarev - Rintamäki, Ilizarbe, de Oliveira - Akbari, Dumermuth, Żuławnik, Parreira, Hansson - von Humboldt, Kanarek.

leões used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. 2 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for da-lhe was D. Diederichs. da-lhe's C. Ulloa's long shot really ought to have found the net 15 minutes into the match, but it fell just wide of the target. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of da-lhe to 2 - 0 as D. Diederichs finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. H. Braun made a brilliant save 22 minutes into the match, blocking a rocket of a shot from J. Dumermuth on the right hand side. T. Güntherodt increased the lead for da-lhe to 3 - 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! The players of da-lhe now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. leões's J. Rintamäki got himself booked for a foul. A loud groan was heard from the fans of da-lhe, as A. Tuisku left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. C. Fernandes took his place on the field. 3 - 0 was the score after the first half. da-lhe had most of the ball, with 58 percent of possession.

After 56 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and J. Sáfri gave the da-lhe supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 4 - 0. leões needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 64 minutes R. Kanarek made way for A. Alegria. R. Parreira was handed the leões captain's armband. T. Güntherodt should probably have put his team up another goal after 88 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by F. Bukvarev kept the visitors in the game. da-lhe's D. Diederichs increased the lead to 5 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 89 minutes. This third goal completed a hattrick for D. Diederichs. 89 minutes into the match, D. Hervier could have extended the lead, but his powerful free kick went just over the bar. da-lhe claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

The most dominating da-lhe player was without a doubt D. Diederichs. C. Fernandes was a disappointment, however. J. Dumermuth performed admirably for leões. F. Bukvarev on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 5 - 0.