doritas 0 - 4 SMFC (388598848)

16167 spectators arrived at Allianz arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Gilberto Levesque was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Fredrik Oxhult and Olivier Filliger. doritas had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. They fielded: Capuchines - Burcon, Valentín, Van Riet, Mota Lopes - Foucart, Haushofer, De Smedt, Zanni - Henry, Božinović.

SMFC decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Lineup: Afbacken - Starčević, Figueira, Fisimatenten, Bourgeois - Sörensson, Scheiderer, O'Donoghue, Gai - Vassallo, Birchem.

Today, doritas's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. 4 minutes into the game, G. O'Donoghue had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when F. Gai was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 8 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! With 21 minutes played, G. O'Donoghue of SMFC fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. SMFC took the lead 23 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. P. Birchem was the scorer. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to SMFC, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

After 70 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for P. Birchem who increased SMFC's lead to 0 - 2. E. Bourgeois of SMFC received a yellow card after 72 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. A drive down the left side allowed P. Birchem to get in close and score another goal for SMFC after 74 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 3. At that, P. Birchem was noted down for a hat trick! At this point, it was obvious that the players of SMFC lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. After 76 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave M. Sörensson a chance to increase the lead for SMFC, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 4. SMFC claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

doritas's best player was D. Božinović. However, R. Capuchines made a disastrous appearance. R. Scheiderer performed admirably for SMFC. H. Afbacken on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 4.