Private 4 - 4 Marcasou (388523077)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 28000 at ReSQR's Private Club Arena today. Griffin Ahmed was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Dmitar Orlović and Ferdinand Bantelmann. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Private. The following players had been chosen: Mickl - Koppila, 如宁 (Runing) , Leroux - de Goey, Šablica, Hagen, Grzywaczewski, Fani - Várez, Ferester.

Marcasou decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Gholami - Turner, Ivarsson, Focker - Manchìa, Madadian, Bogaert, Dubbeling, Boroi - Sierra, Roelas.

It was an obvious ambition of Marcasou to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. Q. Hagen caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 6 minutes. This gave Private the 1 - 0 lead. After 8 minutes, the defensive line of Marcasou created a counterattack through the middle that gave G. Dubbeling a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. A. Madadian of Marcasou seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 1 - 1 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by I. Roelas. They were singing the praises of A. Leroux 11 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 2 - 1 to Private. B. Šablica should probably have put his team up another goal after 25 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by R. Gholami kept the visitors in the game. G. Focker tied the game at 2 - 2 after 34 minutes, when he converted an incredible pass from the right. After 39 minutes, Marcasou put themselves up 2 - 3, as A. Sierra finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 3. Private claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 66 percent.

The bench was restless, and with 46 minutes passed Private's coach gave E. Tocqueville the opportunity the player had been hoping for. Y. Ferester reluctantly left the field. After 57 minutes of play, J. Várez evened things up for Private with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 3 - 3. A. Sierra acted with superior experience when, 64 minutes into the match, he predicted a pass, intercepted it and then finished off with a goal. 3 - 4 for Marcasou! 67 minutes into the match, Private's Q. Hagen maneuvered his way around the opposition on the left flank, delighting the crowd with his twists and turns. The effort paid off as the ball found the back of the net, evening the score at 4 - 4. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Private, with 67 percent of the ball.

Most important Private player was K. Grzywaczewski. On the other hand, H. Mickl's play was disheartening. C. Boroi performed admirably for Marcasou. R. Gholami was a disappointment, however. The match ends 4 - 4.