checkbit 0 - 3 pooshan (389331329)

The crowd of 8672 turning up at checkbit today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Johann Zein was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Aviram Levi and Widar Danielsson. checkbit tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. They fielded: Hanvand - Siemerink, Hamed, Bazi, Haji Karimkhani - Genoux, Finco, Agha Babagoli, Akhtarpour - Selmeczi, Coudray.

pooshan started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Loyola - Fariba, De Meo, Portenlänger, Claesson - Sill, Aydınbozdoğanoğlu, Hasselhall, Nicolle - Robert, Eser.

checkbit saw most attack opportunities on the wings. pooshan mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. F. Nicolle had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 14 minutes allowed F. Nicolle to score for pooshan. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1. With 27 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed V. Eser of pooshan to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 2. 29 minutes into the game, pooshan worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to pooshan, who controlled the ball 62 percent of the time.

A drive down the left side allowed E. Sill to get in close and score another goal for pooshan after 53 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 3. 60 minutes into the game, M. Hanvand had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came B. Ambroży. After the ball was lifted in from the left, V. Eser was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 61 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. Just a few inches to the right, and the visitors could have had a goal 65 minutes into the match. Ç. Aydınbozdoğanoğlu surely wishes he could do that free kick over again. M. Siemerink spent most of the time in a heap on the ground today, his normally rapid movement hindered by the slippery pitch. Given a free kick in a difficult position after 70 minutes, pooshan tried a variation that they had practised in training. The kick was sent into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and allowed no space for a finish. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by pooshan, with 62 percent of the ball.

M. Coudray performed admirably for checkbit. On the other hand, B. Ambroży's play was disheartening. The most dominating pooshan player was without a doubt V. Eser. F. Nicolle turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 3.