BeroBachzeBushehr 5 - 0 Barca7007 (389283417)

Dark skies made the crowd of 47210 at OxyGenCityCenter a little nervous, but the rain held off. Aron Grunder was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alojzy Dyniak and Børge Johansen. BeroBachzeBushehr had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Kele - Goedee, Barzasi, Topal - Guida, Felici Ridolfi, Olivera, Enciso, Cărtărescu - Fournier, Kostrubała.

Barca7007 tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. They fielded: Jamshidian - Digifico, Lukesch, Chell - Radere, Trouvé, Dörfler, Saviola - Shalev, Fazıl, Alavian Shahri.

BeroBachzeBushehr clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Barca7007. Making his way up the middle 8 minutes into the match, W. Kostrubała almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert M. Jamshidian blocked it to keep the score level. BeroBachzeBushehr's S. Felici Ridolfi got himself booked for a foul. BeroBachzeBushehr fans held their breath as S. Felici Ridolfi scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! C. Fournier could have increased the lead after 23 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. With 27 minutes played, BeroBachzeBushehr put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to N. Cărtărescu, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. At this point, it was obvious that the players of BeroBachzeBushehr lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. A free kick just outside of the visitors' penalty area after 30 minutes could have resulted in another goal, but M. Jamshidian got a hand out and tipped the ball over the bar. N. Cărtărescu's speed is always a threat when he gets a little room to move, and 31 minutes into the match was no different as he broke free of his man to send a delightful through ball to W. Kostrubała who knocked it in for BeroBachzeBushehr. 3 - 0! Unhappy with the result so far in the game, the Barca7007 manager used a brief break in play after 32 minutes to give the players new directives. It was 3 - 0 at the break. BeroBachzeBushehr claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 66 percent.

BeroBachzeBushehr players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of BeroBachzeBushehr to 4 - 0 as F. Goedee finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Barca7007's E. Fazıl was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 70 minutes. B. Pirrello was given a chance to change things around. The Barca7007 coach was desperate to reverse his team's fortunes in the game, and ordered his team to change strategy. BeroBachzeBushehr had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. Barca7007 had a great opportunity to score following a counterattack after 73 minutes, but B. Radere's shot from the left sailed high over the bar. As the game started to slip away for Barca7007, the manager decided to change the tactical approach. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave M. Guida from BeroBachzeBushehr a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 77 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Cheers filled the stadium as J. Enciso broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 5 - 0 to BeroBachzeBushehr. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by BeroBachzeBushehr, with 68 percent of the ball.

BeroBachzeBushehr's top performer was clearly M. Guida. However, S. Felici Ridolfi made a disastrous appearance. Barca7007's best player was M. Trouvé. On the other hand, O. Shalev's play was disheartening. The match ends 5 - 0.