hitmanFC 0 - 10 Hornets (387126688)

12000 punters turned up at & feel, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Gunnar Haugen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ariel Maheu and Freddy Lasserre. hitmanFC tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: bin Hj Kadir - bin Nabil, bin Hj Azrinuddin, bin Hj Shahdani, bin Hj Nokman - bin Hj Dani, bin Abdul Lamit, bin Hj Ramadhan, bin Hj Ersan - bin Danial, bin Sallehudin.

Hornets decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Lefèvre - Combes, Eriksson, Díaz - Bürkle, Román, Hirsikangas, Succi, Friggieri - Wakefield, Özdoğan.

Hornets saw most attack opportunities on the wings. 8 minutes in, hitmanFC appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only inadequate. A penalty was given after 18 minutes, allowing the visitors to gain the lead: 0 - 1. A. Román was the scorer. A penalty was awarded after 30 minutes, and A. Román made the most of his chance to put Hornets up by another goal. 0 - 2 for the visitors. The players of Hornets now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. L. Díaz received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 32 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 3. The Hornets fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. 35 minutes into the match, the speedy A. Özdoğan easily outpaced W. bin Hj Shahdani, chipped the keeper and made the score 0 - 4. With 39 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed B. Eriksson of Hornets to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 5. With 41 minutes played, Hornets put themselves up 0 - 6 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was M. Wakefield. 0 - 6 was the score after the first half. Hornets claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 88 percent.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that hitmanFC had solid organisation. After 60 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for M. Wakefield who increased Hornets's lead to 0 - 7. Hornets increased their lead after 64 minutes when B. Eriksson broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 8, much to the home crowd's dismay. M. Wakefield could have put his team up another goal 71 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post. Hornets's P. Friggieri had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 72 minutes having been played. S. Bravo was the replacement. After 74 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave L. Díaz a chance to increase the lead for Hornets, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 9. 81 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 10 as L. Hirsikangas finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Possession in this half belonged to Hornets, who controlled the ball 88 percent of the time.

H. bin Abdul Lamit performed admirably for hitmanFC. R. bin Hj Kadir turned in a dismal performance, however. Hornets's top performer was clearly M. Wakefield. On the other hand, S. Bravo's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 10.