team-tomasson 3 - 2 Chelsea (389478809)

Clouds darkened the skies at fightsite as 37160 spectators turned up for the match. Hadar Ganot was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Maurice Chevènement and Sergey Pavlenko. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for team-tomasson. They fielded: Blanck - Suomela, Galdrappo, Kuboš, Hjort - Fazekas, Kosover, Pecoraro, Altenstedt - Efimtsev, Fuglsig.

Chelsea had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Couette - Fjelflod, Cooper, Piripilli - Drageljević, Palmer, Caveira, Nottveit, Hjortnæs - Lydholm, Baiocchi.

team-tomasson were relying on their ability to counter-attack. Today, Chelsea's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. After 16 minutes, team-tomasson's D. Efimtsev swiftly ran past C. Cooper and nutmegged the keeper! 1 - 0. Attacking on the wings was the choice for Chelsea, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. S. Blanck's name was chanted throughout the stadium after he made a fantastic save from A. Baiocchi's shot from the left 20 minutes into the match. The visitors' equaliser seemed sure to come after 25 minutes, following a one on one situation around the left hand side of the goal area, but S. Blanck got the best of it, blocking the shot from A. Baiocchi. team-tomasson's R. Galdrappo saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 28 minutes. The referee was not popular with the home supporters after he awarded Chelsea a controversial penalty after 31 minutes. C. Cooper made no mistake, levelling the score at 1 - 1. Halftime score was 1 - 1. Neither team was controlling the possession at this point in the match, with the stats showing a 50:50 split.

Players in Chelsea heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 50 minutes into the match left Chelsea's M. Piripilli completely free to score. 1 - 2 for the visitors. 54 minutes into the match, team-tomasson's D. Efimtsev maneuvered his way around the opposition on the left flank, delighting the crowd with his twists and turns. The effort paid off as the ball found the back of the net, evening the score at 2 - 2. Making his way up the middle 67 minutes into the match, G. Pecoraro almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert V. Couette blocked it to keep the score level. team-tomasson could have put themselves ahead after 68 minutes but P. Hjort missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. Some great play up the middle by team-tomasson led to a chance for O. Altenstedt to score after 71 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. P. Suomela caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 72 minutes. This gave team-tomasson the 3 - 2 lead. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by team-tomasson, with 54 percent of the ball.

team-tomasson's top performer was clearly D. Efimtsev. On the other hand, P. Hjort's play was disheartening. Most important Chelsea player was A. Baiocchi. J. Fjelflod on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 2.