BUSTA 1 - 3 FB_Forever (388890921)

40439 punters turned up at Bustaros Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Xun Fong-Hin was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Darren Stubbs and Yakov Zhorin. Fans of both teams had been eagerly awaiting this İstanbul derby and were doing their best to outshout their opponents. BUSTA tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Agueh - Prilepov, Anghileri, Almenar - Beerenweg, Lundberg, Lamela, Leyva, Košíček - Werth, San German.

FB_Forever had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. They fielded: Galeão - Álvarez, Chalmers - Gautron, Ryszka, Arciozzi, Ng, Carrilha - Wis, Robak, Szarek.

BUSTA showed off their creative tactics. After 10 minutes, BUSTA's J. San German swiftly ran past W. Álvarez and nutmegged the keeper! 1 - 0. After 19 minutes, the visitors tied it up at 1 - 1 when a fantastic pass from the left was finished off by D. Robak. BUSTA had a chance to take the lead after V. Werth's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 38 minutes. 40 minutes into the match, the FB_Forever manager wanted to try a new tactic, and the players loyally obliged. With the match clock at 40 minutes, FB_Forever modified their style of play a little bit. 1 - 1 was the halftime score. FB_Forever had most of the ball, with 52 percent of possession.

The guests took the lead 51 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in C. Arciozzi scoring to make it 1 - 2. BUSTA's S. Lundberg almost tied things up with 60 minutes played after breaking through on the right, but his shot deflected off the post. FB_Forever's S. Chalmers was shown a yellow card after 73 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The home crowd was not impressed when D. Robak came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 74 minutes. FB_Forever were now up 1 - 3. FB_Forever's T. Carrilha made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 75 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, W. Álvarez would have put FB_Forever up another goal 82 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. Possession in this half belonged to FB_Forever, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

BUSTA's top performer was clearly R. Leyva. On the other hand, R. Beerenweg's play was disheartening. The most dominating FB_Forever player was without a doubt D. Robak. S. Chalmers turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 3.