Jol-lification 4 - 3 Nowhere (390050565)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Jol-lification Arena saw a crowd turnout of 39722. Anders Nessten was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Onne Wouters and Svante Thorstensson. Jol-lification had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. The following players took the field: Ahmad - Buffery, Thomas - Zabre, Askew, Porter, Tellis, Tebbitt - Connell, Prosper, Carpenter.

Nowhere started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. Lineup: Belov - Aindow, Rudat - Cartmill, Ward, Gibson, Rushton, Campbell - Matyukhin, Dawson, Librenjak.

15 minutes into the game, Y. Matyukhin was a hair's breadth away from giving Nowhere the lead with a shot from over on the left. A prompt block by M. Ahmad saved the home team that time. With 21 minutes played J. Zabre almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. S. Cartmill was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was blocked by the keeper. However, Nowhere's J. Librenjak managed to get hold of the rebound and tucked the ball into the empty net. 0 - 1 After 38 minutes, K. Tebbitt got through on the right and was very close to equalising for the home side, but didn't get the shot away. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Jol-lification, with 52 percent of the ball.

After 50 minutes, Jol-lification switched J. Zabre with N. Landon, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. J. Librenjak increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 2. 64 minutes into the game Jol-lification broke through on the left wing and F. Askew managed to reduce the lead to 1 - 2. After 75 minutes of play, K. Tebbitt equalised for Jol-lification after an elegant attack from the right. With the match clock at 75 minutes, Nowhere modified their style of play a little bit. Priding himself in being an active coach, the Nowhere manager gave new instructions to his players after 75 minutes. 83 minutes in, Nowhere's S. Campbell received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. K. Tebbitt gave Jol-lification the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 3 - 2 After a short break after 84 minutes, Jol-lification seemed to change their tactical approach a bit. Jol-lification increased the lead as F. Askew struck to make the score 4 - 2 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. D. Connell wanted to play on, but the Jol-lification coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 85 minutes into the game by E. MacDiarmond. P. Prosper was the new captain of Jol-lification - handed the armband by the departing player. The Jol-lification coach was visibly pleased with the score so far, but still ordered a few tactical changes 85 minutes into the game. Nowhere reduced the lead after 86 minutes to 4 - 3 as J. Librenjak easily chipped the ball past the home side's keeper after a dazzling play from the right. That made three goals for J. Librenjak and he was marked down for the hat trick. Jol-lification claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

Jol-lification's top performer was clearly A. Carpenter. S. Buffery was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Nowhere player was without a doubt Y. Matyukhin. S. Campbell turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 3.