Toulay 4 - 1 Akihabara (386935552)

73019 spectators arrived at 2LaY Big Arch, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Wilhelmus Noor was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Nelson Susilo and Gergely Csemer. Toulay started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: 斎藤 (Saito) - Iwahara, Yokotami, Matsumura - Akatsuka, Miyata, 川口 (Kawaguchi), Takahashi, Okamoto - Katayama, 吉田 (Yoshida).

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Akihabara. Lineup: Batebi - Palmer, Isayama, Kitano, Kupari - Agrafoxo, Kwakami, Komatsu, Morisue, Fujita - Meza.

Akihabara were relying on their ability to counter-attack. After 10 minutes of play, S. Takahashi gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. The visiting team's I. Meza was able to score the 1 - 1 equaliser with a header 14 minutes into the match, after some good work on the right. 29 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Toulay to take the lead after a good cross from the right found 裕. 吉田 (Yoshida) alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. Toulay could have put themselves ahead after 30 minutes but K. Katayama missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. Toulay had a chance to take the lead after G. Akatsuka's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 34 minutes. After 36 minutes, 裕. 吉田 (Yoshida) came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 2 - 1, giving Toulay the lead. Halftime score was 2 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to Toulay, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

Things were deteriorating for the away team as Toulay scored another to make it 3 - 1 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for K. Katayama after 48 minutes. With 78 minutes played, the Akihabara coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. K. Lauber came on, A. Kupari had to leave the fray. Akihabara needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 78 minutes I. Meza made way for K. Mizushima. With 85 minutes played, K. Mizushima of Akihabara fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. 裕. 吉田 (Yoshida) could have increased the lead after 87 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. With 89 minutes played, Toulay put themselves up 4 - 1 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to S. Takahashi, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. After this, you could see that the players of Toulay were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. Toulay had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

Toulay's best player was S. Miyata. S. Takahashi on the other hand, had a terrible day. Akihabara's top performer was clearly T. Morisue. However, A. Batebi made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 4 - 1.