pirxy 5 - 1 Exiles (386935522)

Dark skies made the crowd of 59390 at pirxy Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Karst Laponder was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ciro Cecchetti and Bogdan Ionescu. pirxy had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Bellucci - 俊光 (Junguang), Korpi, Pena Aguiar - Reider, Kurogane, Oron, Moyon, Lassen - Söderén, Nasser.

Exiles decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. They fielded: Beatović - Tsurimi, Nijo, Fukao - Lévêque, Alexander, Šimral, Gilling - Vestergaard Madsen, Erlingsson, 川泽 (Chuanze).

5 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for pirxy was R. Nasser. The cannonball from 35 metres by Y. Kurogane of pirxy was an impressive sight, but didn't make it into the net. N. Fukao finished off a quick charge from the left of the field by chipping the ball just past the home side's keeper, making the score 1 - 1 24 minutes into the match. With 29 minutes played, N. Fukao of Exiles fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. pirxy took the lead 32 minutes into the match after a magnificent free kick by A. Korpi that made the score 2 - 1. 34 minutes in, Exiles's N. Alexander received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. pirxy increased the lead as Y. Kurogane struck to make the score 3 - 1 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. After 40 minutes, pirxy's Y. Kurogane fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to pirxy, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of pirxy to 4 - 1 as R. Nasser finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. With 60 minutes played, the Exiles coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. T. Shirai came on, B. Erlingsson had to leave the fray. Clever play that showed his experience gave F. Lassen a good chance to score, but the shot hit the crossbar. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Exiles's J. Gilling was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 62 minutes. K. Hasegawa was given a chance to change things around. After 64 minutes, pirxy sent a free kick in high over the penalty box. In what looked like a well-rehearsed move, the ball was headed backwards and reached Y. Kurogane, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 5 - 1. After this, you could see that the players of pirxy were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. With 79 minutes played, pirxy's A. Oron almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. pirxy claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

A. Oron performed admirably for pirxy. T. Reider was a disappointment, however. Exiles's top performer was clearly T. Shirai. However, K. Hasegawa made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 5 - 1.