Pork 0 - 3 Rockingham (390050760)

It had rained all day, but 54793 hardy fans still made it out to Pork Park. Bence Hanó was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Cas van der Duin van Maasdam and Rafael Luengo. Everyone was excited about the upcoming Yorkshire derby and the crowd was divided evenly. Pork decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players took the field: Wans - Quaid, Wyco, Sanderson, Floyd - Misstear, Bunter, Anderson, Fisher - Hatton, Hick.

Rockingham tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. Starters: Del Pozo - Laftsis, Nevin, Valdivieso, Thomas - Sjouwerman, Chance, Dawkins, Borrelli, Grant - Anderson.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Pork. Today, Rockingham's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Attacking on the wings was the choice for Rockingham, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. The guests took the lead 17 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in K. Grant scoring to make it 0 - 1. J. Sjouwerman slipped and slithered in the wet grass. His usual rapid runs were nowhere to be seen today. 26 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as L. Borrelli finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. L. Borrelli of Rockingham took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 36 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 3. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Rockingham lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. G. Anderson didn't let the weather get him down and made some great moves on the pitch in spite of the rain. B. Wans got a fingertip on H. Anderson's shot from the left 40 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. Pork's J. Hick got himself booked for a foul. 0 - 3 was the score after the first half. Rockingham enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 77 percent of possession.

Rockingham were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. 50 minutes into the game, Rockingham worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. Good work by the Pork defensive line after 53 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found B. Wyco alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. Rockingham's J. Sjouwerman refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 54 minutes. Pork's K. Fisher was shown a yellow card after 64 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The Rockingham players could smell victory in the air. R. Chance wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for C. Frederic after 88 minutes. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Rockingham coach let E. Isakov replace F. Del Pozo after 89 minutes. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Rockingham, with 78 percent of the ball.

M. Hatton performed admirably for Pork. K. Fisher turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Rockingham player was H. Anderson. However, J. Valdivieso made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 3.