Tequila 4 - 0 F.B.L (389283207)

48043 spectators arrived at Colosseum Gladiators, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Maxime Helbert was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Cesare Martelli and Vasily Fatkin. Tequila decided to use a 5-3-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Chiacchella - Lopes, Markov, Jalali, Kreckel, Strohsack - Forsell, Bremnes, Bontempi - Morgado, Helzig.

F.B.L had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Albertema - Olgiati, Utriainen, Wirthlin - Aranđelović, Alavi, Starck, Arjmand, Sanz - Beganović, Gressner.

The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to E. Bremnes, but the Tequila player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! Tequila's E. Bremnes got himself booked for a foul. B. Arjmand made a good effort at breaking through on the right, but the home team's left defence cleared the ball to a corner. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. Tequila had most of the ball, with 55 percent of possession.

The Tequila players could smell victory in the air. L. Helzig wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for R. van Gogh after 53 minutes. With 56 minutes played, F. Bontempi could have brought this one home for Tequila as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. Sensing defeat in the air, the F.B.L manager directed P. Sanz and I. Aranđelović to change positions with each other. This was 60 minutes into the match. F.B.L had to make a substitution after 78 minutes. E. Olgiati limped off the field and was replaced by M. Kaldmaa. P. Sanz was handed the F.B.L captain's armband. Tequila put themselves up 2 - 0 when F. Bontempi broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. With 81 minutes played, K. Kreckel of Tequila fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Cheers filled the stadium as D. Morgado broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 0 to Tequila. Tequila solidified their lead at the 83 minute mark, as R. van Gogh dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 4 - 0. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Tequila lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Coming from the right, E. Bremnes almost managed to score another goal for Tequila, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. Tequila claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

D. Morgado performed admirably for Tequila. However, K. Chiacchella made a disastrous appearance. F.B.L's best player was R. Gressner. On the other hand, P. Sanz's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 0.