Hammerites 1 - 5 Tokyo (388103553)

The 59338 fans in attendance at Valhall Arena were roasting in the hot sun. Barak Rozen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Juan José Leiva and Johannes Geisler. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Hammerites. The following players took the field: Lyhell - Schum, Baudry, Todorov - Bianda, Bomhard, Marcuzzo, Snoj, Rosenstein - Tsalouchidis, Mpakouris.

Tokyo had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Hunt - Buonfini, Praxedes, Ribbens - Morariu, Dupraz, Bruhns, Barategui, Stanković - 翊政 (Yizheng), Sammons.

After 10 minutes, Tokyo put themselves up 0 - 1, as R. Stanković finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. With the crowd on their feet chanting wildly, some great moves down the right hand side after 24 minutes gave Hammerites a wonderful opportunity to level the score, and Y. Tsalouchidis stepped up to the challenge. 1 - 1 28 minutes into the match, the speedy S. Sammons easily outpaced F. Baudry, chipped the keeper and made the score 1 - 2. J. Dupraz of Tokyo took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 29 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 1 - 3. Tokyo came close to extending their lead as R. Stanković delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 31 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. Halftime score was 1 - 3. Tokyo claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

The referee showed Hammerites's Y. Tsalouchidis the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Some fine movement on the left led to a Tokyo goal after 61 minutes, making it 1 - 4. A. Morariu was noted down as the scorer. 72 minutes into the match, M. Praxedes came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. Hammerites were able to mount several counterattacks, such as the impressive one after 73 minutes, but F. Baudry lofted a free kick over the crossbar. Tokyo's A. Morariu had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 74 minutes having been played. C. Dehlhall was the replacement. The home crowd cheered when, after 78 minutes, M. Praxedes's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. After 80 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave S. Sammons a chance to increase the lead for Tokyo, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 1 - 5. After this, you could see that the players of Tokyo were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. 85 minutes in, Tokyo's C. Dehlhall received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. A loud groan was heard from the fans of Hammerites, as D. Snoj left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. J. Karstensson took his place on the field. Possession in this half belonged to Tokyo, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

The most dominating Hammerites player was without a doubt Y. Tsalouchidis. J. Karstensson on the other hand, had a terrible day. J. Dupraz performed admirably for Tokyo. However, M. Praxedes made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 5.