Reward 3 - 0 Toons (390051351)

Clouds darkened the skies at Nando's Arena as 48158 spectators turned up for the match. Sebastian de Kam was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Nikodem Stachowiak and Götz Miltner. Reward started off with a 5-4-1 lineup. Lineup: Smithson - Tangney, Shmueli, Pires, Newton, Young - Ruttle, Martinka, Bacci, Claveau - Gjikokaj.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Toons. The following players took the field: Pollard - Nardoni, Eddelbüttel, Billeskov - Żeberkiewicz, 文迪 (Wendi), Carroll, Williams, Simes - Tärkki, Sumner.

After some beautiful movement down the left wing, A. Young scored for Reward putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 27 minutes. After 32 minutes, Reward raised their score by one when É. Claveau's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by A. Gjikokaj. 2 - 0. 2 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Reward, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

A. Gjikokaj left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 46 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. R. San Millan was the replacement. A. Young was the new captain of Reward - handed the armband by the departing player. The corner kick from N. Pires was powerfully met by the head of R. San Millan to make the score 3 - 0. S. Ruttle of Reward received a yellow card after 62 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. In an effort to secure the lead, Reward changed their tactic after 70 minutes. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, N. Pires got himself booked. The manager of Reward was not happy. Reward had most of the ball, with 55 percent of possession.

Reward's top performer was clearly S. Ruttle. On the other hand, D. Tangney's play was disheartening. Most important Toons player was E. Williams. However, E. Nardoni made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 0.