Liverlund 2 - 0 Man (388173965)

It had rained all day, but 17214 hardy fans still made it out to Liverlund Road. Christian Tessier was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Selwyn Alberts and Mathias Dittmeyer. Liverlund decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Queirós - Sakolikau, Rosenberg, Jouannic - Larsson, Echavarri, Hermansson, Adelblom, Flinkhall - Diniţă, Larive.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Man. Lineup: Bucur - Rosenstein, Vuoltee, Wiik - Paulsson, Buassi, Kruize, Jörgensson, Zubek - Persson, Messenger.

Today, Liverlund's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Liverlund created a good opportunity to score 17 minutes into the match when N. Flinkhall's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. There was concern in the stands when, at the 33 minute mark, Man's R. Paulsson hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. M. Zubek slipped and slithered in the wet grass. His usual rapid runs were nowhere to be seen today. S. Persson had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. Liverlund made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left V. Sakolikau completely alone with keeper S. Bucur, who made a spectacular block. Liverlund's P. Rosenberg was shown a yellow card after 41 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Liverlund, with 61 percent of the ball.

Players in Liverlund heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. After 50 minutes, P. Rosenberg came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving Liverlund the lead. P. Echavarri could have put Liverlund up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 56 minutes. After 64 minutes, N. Flinkhall put Liverlund ahead 2 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. Coming from the right, F. Adelblom almost managed to score another goal for Liverlund, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. Liverlund claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 63 percent.

The most dominating Liverlund player was without a doubt F. Adelblom. V. Sakolikau turned in a dismal performance, however. Man's top performer was clearly R. Messenger. R. Paulsson on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 0.