sook 2 - 6 fcskins (387050652)

Clouds darkened the skies at sook Arena as 36560 spectators turned up for the match. Dieter Strnad was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Robert Kuźniewski and Marco Scalas. All of Seoul was shut down for the day, as fans of both clubs came to the derby. sook decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. The following players had been chosen: Gabellone - van Dieren, Almibar, Bertocchi - Gepfrey, Grzejdak, Lee, Fraisse - Hwang, Kim, Jung.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for fcskins. Lineup: Čalušić - Meleán, Jankura, Cividás, Infante - Ybarra Muñoz, Heilesen, Trombetti, Pappila - Schirripa, Svensson.

For their match strategy, fcskins had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. D. Kim caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 3 minutes. This gave sook the 1 - 0 lead. 4 minutes in, sook's B. Gepfrey received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. After 21 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by fcskins was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. fcskins levelled the score after 29 minutes to make it 1 - 1, as A. Infante struck home after a fine midfield combination through the centre, which left him completely unmarked. The terraces were silenced after 35 minutes when fcskins's J. Meleán put the guests ahead 1 - 2, following an attack on the right. J. Meleán received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 40 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 1 - 3. The fcskins fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave A. Infante from fcskins a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 42 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! A. Bertocchi of sook had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. Y. Choi came in to finish the match. 1 - 3 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to sook, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

Against a lesser team, fcskins could very well have succeeded with their smart indirect free kick routine after 47 minutes. A trio of passes took the ball all the way past the defenders, but by then the intended recipient was already blocked off and the keeper could make a leisurely save. After 62 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave B. Schirripa a chance to increase the lead for fcskins, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 1 - 4. By now, the players in fcskins felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. sook refused to be intimidated and, breaking through the middle, M. Fraisse managed to slip the ball home for 2 - 4. K. Jung challenged the visitors' central defence eagerly, producing a good chance 79 minutes into the game as he went for a through ball. But, as so many times before, the guests' defensive efforts got the best of it. J. Meleán stunned the crowd with a brilliant counterattack from the left, giving fcskins the goal to make it 2 - 5. By then J. Meleán had scored three goals - a hat trick! A. Almibar wasn't fit enough for a full game and made several mistakes out of sheer exhaustion. One of them was exploited by P. Svensson who shot home to make it 2 - 6. fcskins's C. Heilesen was shown a yellow card after 81 minutes for slicing down an opponent. sook's G. Gabellone went down after a savage challenge, but could continue playing after some medical attention. sook had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

sook's top performer was clearly S. Hwang. However, A. Almibar made a disastrous appearance. Most important fcskins player was W. Trombetti. A. Pappila was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 6.