Kawasaki 7 - 0 blacks@hikaru. (386938274)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 20139 to The New Cage. Robert Puntigam was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rayum Polderman and Ola Lövin. Kawasaki started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players took the field: 藤井 (Fujii) - Šmits, 渡辺 (Watanabe), 片山 (Katayama), Dynarski - Ottens, Frei, Brøgger Andersen, Blondet - Erdélyi, Mercier.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for blacks@hikaru.. Starters: 有光 (Arimitsu) - 立石 (Tateishi), 坂元 (Sakamoto), 片渕 (Katabuchi), 佐野 (Sano) - 竹田 (Takeda), 添田 (Soeda), 小川 (Ogawa), 西口 (Nishiguchi) - 明石 (Akashi), 隅田 (Sumida).

It was obvious that Kawasaki were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. Kawasaki took the lead after 12 minutes as a result of A. Brøgger Andersen's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. At this time in the match, Kawasaki were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. Kawasaki managed to extend their lead to 2 - 0 when T. Mercier cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. By now, the players in Kawasaki felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. blacks@hikaru.'s 優. 片渕 (Katabuchi) was shown a yellow card after 31 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Á. Erdélyi hit the corner kick straight to the keeper, but it was mishandled, giving Kawasaki's T. Mercier an easy chance to knock it in for 3 - 0. The pressing tactics used by Kawasaki were successful as the ball remained close to the half way line at all times. 3 - 0 was the halftime score. Kawasaki enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 78 percent of possession.

Kawasaki increased the lead as 一. 渡辺 (Watanabe) struck to make the score 4 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Kawasaki's T. Mercier increasing the lead to 5 - 0. That made three goals for T. Mercier and he was marked down for the hat trick. 54 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as Á. Erdélyi broke through, making the score 6 - 0 for Kawasaki. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. 一. 渡辺 (Watanabe) squirmed through their central defence after 75 minutes, increasing the lead to 7 - 0. Kawasaki pressed their opponents, causing the game to be a bit of a stalemate at times. Possession in this half belonged to Kawasaki, who controlled the ball 77 percent of the time.

Kawasaki's best player was 一. 渡辺 (Watanabe). 直. 片山 (Katayama) was a disappointment, however. blacks@hikaru.'s top performer was clearly 秀. 隅田 (Sumida). 優. 片渕 (Katabuchi) turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 7 - 0.