Czerwone 2 - 5 Solutions (387708901)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 15927 to OLD TRAFFORD. Charles Opfermann was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gustav August Oehmchen and Angel Popivanov. Czerwone decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Ryżak - Sáenz del Molino, Stefanek, Cruse, Tavolaro - Lindor, Uddlius, Grabianowski, Derksen - Glorie, Nava.

Solutions had chosen a strategic 4-3-3 formation. The following players took the field: Cylkowski - Chinês, Mertens, Eitan, Llabot - Terp, Pégard, Rouvière - Fukala, Shitrit, Anusiewicz.

The wings were the focus of most of Czerwone's attacks today. Solutions mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 11 minutes allowed Y. Eitan to score for Solutions. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1. The referee showed Solutions's H. Llabot the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The visitors' R. Shitrit took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 20 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Solutions. The players of Solutions now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, R. Shitrit got himself booked. The manager of Solutions was not happy. After 36 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave J. Mertens a chance to increase the lead for Solutions, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 3. K. Derksen was doing a great job on his wing, sending in brilliant passes to his teammates in the middle, but J. Glorie seemed unable to profit from this excellent service. After 39 minutes, Czerwone's A. Ryżak fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! With the scoreboard showing that 41 minutes had been played, Solutions nearly put themselves up another goal after Y. Eitan came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 3. Possession of the ball saw an equal split between the teams during the forty-five minutes.

It was obvious that Czerwone had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. Czerwone didn't give in and with 55 minutes played M. Nava was able to make the score 1 - 3 after an attack on the right. Solutions's É. Rouvière was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 63 minutes. Y. Eitan looked to be heading one way when he unexpectedly passed the ball to R. Shitrit. The move caught everyone off-guard, including his teammate, who panicked and kicked the ball out of play by accident. After 68 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for R. Shitrit who increased Solutions's lead to 1 - 4. After 73 minutes, Solutions's J. Mertens burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 1 - 5. Czerwone had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. Czerwone reduced the lead to 2 - 5 with 74 minutes on the clock when K. Derksen got the best of a ball floated in from the left. Possession in this half belonged to Czerwone, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

Czerwone's top performer was clearly M. Grabianowski. On the other hand, A. Ryżak's play was disheartening. Most important Solutions player was R. Shitrit. J. Cylkowski was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 5.