topstars33 1 - 7 muniira (389260033)

It had rained all day, but 11872 hardy fans still made it out to TopStarsArena. Eigil Abelsen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Özer Öncübey and Dietmar Tressler. topstars33 tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. They fielded: Segawa - Magona, Ochan, Ogora, Kusila - Keitetsi, Mpanga, Nsereko, Sebina - Lule, Tumuhairwe.

muniira had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. The following players had been chosen: Väkeväinen - Gimoro, Jakob, Lupo - Aletten, Téllez, Girotto, Kollin - Skærlund, Lombard, Figueres.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of muniira. B. Nsereko had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. After 17 minutes, muniira's V. Skærlund made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. Thighs bulging, S. Magona charged past the weaker players, seemingly oblivious to the rain. V. Skærlund did not have a good day today, often losing his footing on the muddy pitch. With 40 minutes played, topstars33's R. Keitetsi found an opening in the visitors' left side defence, but his shot was handled easily by the keeper. A drive down the left side allowed J. Figueres to get in close and score another goal for muniira after 41 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 2. D. Lule of topstars33 received a yellow card after 43 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. It was 0 - 2 at the break. muniira had most of the ball, with 58 percent of possession.

topstars33 didn't give in and with 47 minutes played D. Lule was able to make the score 1 - 2 after an attack on the right. Some fine movement on the left led to a muniira goal after 52 minutes, making it 1 - 3. K. Kollin was noted down as the scorer. At this point, it was obvious that the players of muniira lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave A. Ogora from topstars33 a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 59 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! topstars33's E. Sebina got himself booked for a foul. muniira were forced into a substitution as K. Kollin couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing M. Kabagambe to come in off the bench. With 76 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed F. Lupo of muniira to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 1 - 4. The visitors' G. Gimoro took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 77 minutes into the match. 1 - 5 for muniira. After 83 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed S. Aletten to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 1 - 6. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, C. Téllez got himself booked. The manager of muniira was not happy. J. Figueres of muniira took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 86 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 1 - 7. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by muniira, with 64 percent of the ball.

Most important topstars33 player was N. Tumuhairwe. D. Segawa turned in a dismal performance, however. F. Lombard performed admirably for muniira. M. Kabagambe was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 7.