A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 37127 to
mayfair.
Erik Sæther was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Miguel Vuoso and
Valeriy Nepiypivo.
All of
Bangkok was shut down for the day, as fans of both clubs came to the derby.
hat started off with a 5-3-2 lineup.
The following players took the field: Neyskens - Posch, Artaud, Nilsen, Warpechowski, Celma - Woertman, Le Mée, Amaral - Castro, Segredo.
Bangkok decided to use a 3-5-2 set up.
Lineup: Bajszczak - Wegenstein, Bidaurreta, Bacino - Gisinger, Pichitkarndee, Khamdee, 康维 (Kangwei), Myklebust - Ballesteros, Edler.
hat seemed to prefer attacking in the middle.
hat's
S. Castro placed the ball right at his teammate's feet after a corner, but
B. Artaud couldn't finish.
The terraces were silenced after 9 minutes when Bangkok's
Y. Pichitkarndee put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right.
23 minutes into the game, hat seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a
passable level of organisation.
hat were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally.
Halftime score was 0 - 1.
Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by hat, with 52 percent of the ball.
The hat players spent the break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organisation and regained a
solid organisation when the game started again.
It wasn't a good day at all for
K. Warpechowski. His powerful style of play just didn't fit the bill on this warm day.
Content with how the game was proceeding, the Bangkok coach let
W. Suppamongkol replace
S. Edler after 65 minutes.
67 minutes into the game,
A. Khamdee finished off a Bangkok left wing counterattack, making the score 0 - 2.
The home crowd was not impressed when
A. Khamdee came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 68 minutes. Bangkok were now up 0 - 3.
L. Bidaurreta of Bangkok received a yellow card after 82 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour.
Several players seemed a little dazed by the warm weather, and were repeatedly tricked by the clever and agile
C. Le Mée.
hat enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.
hat's top performer was clearly
J. Nilsen.
However,
S. Castro made a disastrous appearance.
The most dominating Bangkok player was without a doubt
P. Ballesteros.
林. 康维 (Kangwei) on the other hand, had a terrible day.
The match ends 0 - 3.