kenito 0 - 3 maldive (388466545)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 53284 had shown up at Estadio dé Paz for the match. Przemysław Siwczyński was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mario Di Maio and Diego Busquets. kenito started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. Starters: Skenderovski - Machado, Willockx, Mbega, Bazterretxea - Koho, Maltar, Scrobe, Katagira, Willhoeft - Diarena.

A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for maldive. The following players had been chosen: Campbell - Lee, Bison - Manka, Ortegón, Bidžić, Mureddu, MacAilean - Cristina, Wöchtl, Buzaglo.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of kenito. maldive had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 13 minutes in when S. Lee came up alone against D. Skenderovski who managed a block. With the clock showing 14 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of kenito resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by T. Koho in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. D. Buzaglo of maldive was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. maldive took the lead 16 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. H. Wöchtl was the scorer. A drive down the left side allowed Ž. Bidžić to get in close and score another goal for maldive after 17 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 2. kenito's L. Bazterretxea had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 18 minutes having been played. B. Kłak was the replacement. It was 0 - 2 at the break. maldive claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

The maldive players could smell victory in the air. H. Wöchtl wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for D. Fink after 46 minutes. Content with how the game was proceeding, the maldive coach let A. Kikwete replace V. Cristina after 60 minutes. The maldive captaincy was handed to J. Campbell. W. Mbega of kenito received a yellow card after 63 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. With 80 minutes played, D. Machado of kenito fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. The home crowd was not impressed when M. Bison came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 80 minutes. maldive were now up 0 - 3. The coach of maldive was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 87 minutes, J. Barreneche came on for M. MacAilean. Possession was split evenly between the teams.

The most dominating kenito player was without a doubt M. Willockx. However, D. Skenderovski made a disastrous appearance. Most important maldive player was J. Ortegón. D. Fink on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 3.