A scorching day at
인천은하경기장, where 12000 spectators were in place for today's match.
Pablo Hernández Ramos was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Carlo Raco and
Ruurd Petersen.
Mirinae had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation.
Starters: Lee - Kim, Park, Mamalakis, Do - Trueba, Kim, Kong, Huh - Stensson, Ascanio.
aockknot started off with a 4-4-2 lineup.
The following players took the field: Shin - Yang, Park, Kim, Lee - Yun, Lee, Jung, Jung - Song, Kim.
Mirinae displayed their ability to play creatively.
P. Trueba caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 33 minutes. This gave Mirinae the 1 - 0 lead.
Mirinae increased the lead as
Y. Do struck to make the score 2 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper.
J. Lee was called on to replace aockknot's
C. Park after 37 minutes following a nasty collision.
38 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as
L. Stensson broke through, making the score 3 - 0 for Mirinae.
Mirinae's
L. Stensson swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball.
Things were deteriorating for the away team as Mirinae scored another to make it 4 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for
K. Kong after 41 minutes.
Confident in their lead, Mirinae's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it.
4 - 0 was the halftime score.
Mirinae enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 69 percent of possession.
Mirinae put in a good effort on the right, but
S. Park saw his volley fly wide of the mark 56 minutes into the game.
With 57 minutes played, Mirinae put themselves up 5 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to
J. Kim, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home.
H. Kim enjoyed the sunshine and demonstrated his stunning technique over and over again.
The fierce heat made it important to save breath, and after a few swift runs
J. Kim found it hard to get back into position.
Mirinae's
L. Stensson saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 87 minutes.
Usually a powerful player on the field,
Y. Yang looked kind of pale and tired under the hot sun.
Cheers filled the stadium as
L. Stensson broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 6 - 0 to Mirinae.
89 minutes in, Mirinae's
J. Kim received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.
Unfortunately for aockknot,
H. Shin was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field.
M. Yun replaced him.
Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Mirinae, with 74 percent of the ball.
Most important Mirinae player was
L. Stensson.
However,
D. Lee made a disastrous appearance.
aockknot's top performer was clearly
Y. Yang.
J. Lee turned in a dismal performance, however.
The match ends 6 - 0.