Y2K 9 - 0 united101 (387172241)

54251 spectators arrived at Y2K Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Henri Berline was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ekke Dinauer and Karl-Walter Eckener. Everyone was excited about the upcoming Karachi derby and the crowd was divided evenly. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Y2K. They fielded: Pinto Amaral - Beckstål, Kirkeby, Muruaas - Piastrelli, Burhan, Kiyani, Rober, Akram - Hatten, Tofan.

united101 tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. Lineup: Imran - Estellés, Wilde - Baldi, Stoltenberg, Rättich, Anero, Belcredi - Raees, Robinsson, Lacrimini.

Y2K demonstrated their creative tactics on the field. W. Kiyani caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 12 minutes. This gave Y2K the 1 - 0 lead. united101's I. Raees was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 19 minutes. J. Anero behaved like an inexperienced youth player after 25 minutes as he gave the ball away to E. Rober. Lucky for him though, there was no goal. With 28 minutes played, Y2K put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to W. Kiyani, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Y2K to 3 - 0 as C. Piastrelli finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Y2K lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. After 41 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and V. Muruaas gave the Y2K supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 4 - 0. Y2K's U. Beckstål left the field after 42 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was P. Sharma. 4 - 0 was the halftime score. Y2K had most of the ball, with 61 percent of possession.

Y2K solidified their lead at the 67 minute mark, as M. Hatten dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 5 - 0. Y2K's G. Tofan increased the lead to 6 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 69 minutes. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. W. Kiyani squirmed through their central defence after 79 minutes, increasing the lead to 7 - 0. This third goal completed a hattrick for W. Kiyani. Y2K put themselves up 8 - 0 when V. Muruaas broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. W. Kiyani of Y2K received a yellow card after 84 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. 84 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as W. Kiyani broke through, making the score 9 - 0 for Y2K. Y2K enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 66 percent of possession.

The most dominating Y2K player was without a doubt M. Hatten. On the other hand, P. Sharma's play was disheartening. united101's top performer was clearly L. Rättich. However, M. Imran made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 9 - 0.