galaxyness 3 - 1 coghlans (389687616)

49116 spectators arrived at Galaxy Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Anton Stöcklin was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Bernard Dubel and Mattias Liljendahl. galaxyness had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Ahmed - Mahdi, Al-Turk, Škatarić - El-Amal, Abdalla, Asaad, Ahmed, Di Domenico - Stomporowski, Elbern.

coghlans decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. The following players took the field: Tsirikas - Farisi, Haj-Najjar, El-Usman, Abdel - Rashid, Keller, Hyvärinen, Yaseen, Budzikowski - Aziz.

galaxyness seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. 3 minutes into the match, coghlans nearly took the lead, as H. Haj-Najjar broke through on the right. K. Ahmed made the save, however. With 8 minutes played, H. Haj-Najjar of coghlans fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. galaxyness's A. Al-Turk was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 16 minutes. With 20 minutes played, coghlans's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to M. Aziz he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 0 - 1. The crowd roared in delight as A. Asaad finished off a spectacular series of passes through the middle to even the score for galaxyness 26 minutes into the match. 1 - 1. It was 1 - 1 at the break. galaxyness enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.

coghlans's B. Keller could have put the guests one up after 66 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but K. Ahmed was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. The home side put themselves ahead 2 - 1 after 68 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from I. El-Amal, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for galaxyness, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. galaxyness solidified their lead at the 77 minute mark, as H. Stomporowski dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 3 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by galaxyness, with 59 percent of the ball.

A. Abdalla performed admirably for galaxyness. However, K. Ahmed made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating coghlans player was without a doubt J. Hyvärinen. H. Haj-Najjar on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 1.