Morrischester 4 - 4 mcintire (387276438)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 66015 to New Trafford. Christian Genevois was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sandro Baldi and Arvid Paulsson. Morrischester started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Nigah - Aybarov, Fig, Sukuvaara - Duicu, Bolmanov, Ituño, Gürtler, Weltman - Moreira Gomes, Manolache.

mcintire tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Öztinel - Memik, Aste, Ahmed - Fortuny, Wawerski, Gisa, Lindeis, Kržanavičius - Karakul, Silva Ramos.

After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, O. Memik got himself booked. The manager of mcintire was not happy. Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 5 minutes into the match left mcintire's M. Karakul completely free to score. 0 - 1 for the visitors. M. Bolmanov charged down the left and had a wonderful opportunity to score the equaliser for Morrischester, but the shot went well wide of the goal. mcintire's Y. Öztinel left the field after 18 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was A. Huber. Some fine movement on the left led to a mcintire goal after 24 minutes, making it 0 - 2. M. Karakul was noted down as the scorer. mcintire increased their lead after 36 minutes when A. Fortuny broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 3, much to the home crowd's dismay. The referee showed Morrischester's F. Manolache the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. mcintire's T. Lindeis went down after a savage challenge, but could continue playing after some medical attention. Halftime score was 0 - 3. Possession in this half belonged to Morrischester, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.

At 47 minutes into the game, Morrischester's M. Bolmanov deftly knocked the ball home after an impressive run down the left, reducing the visitors' lead to 1 - 3. With 52 minutes played, mcintire put themselves up 1 - 4 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was M. Silva Ramos. The players of mcintire now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. 67 minutes had been played and the home team was awarded a penalty. The guests' keeper dived the right way, but C. Duicu was still able to reduce the score to 2 - 4. A marvellous Morrischester effort on the right-hand side resulted in a goal after 78 minutes by J. Ituño, making the score 3 - 4. With 80 minutes played, Morrischester's J. Ituño found an opening in the visitors' left side defence, but his shot was handled easily by the keeper. mcintire's T. Lindeis was shown a yellow card after 81 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Morrischester's B. Gürtler put his head to a well placed ball, lifted in from the left, and scored to make the score 4 - 4 with 83 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Morrischester, with 62 percent of the ball.

Most important Morrischester player was M. Bolmanov. H. Sukuvaara turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating mcintire player was without a doubt M. Karakul. O. Ahmed on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 4.