Darwins 1 - 1 superbees (390051517)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 43850 that came out to Darwin's XI Arena. Marcus Gräbnitz was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Tim P. Hagel and Francesco Franco. Darwins decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Myers - Morarka, Dejaeghere, Dawson - MacTary, Ataide, Muñiz, Harris, Courtman - Schultheiss, Cortès.

superbees started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Qyqalla - Pries, Cicogna, Špecián - Prunier, Rieser, Guinness, De Capite, Wright - Hansson, Pelli.

superbees seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Some things can only be learned through experience, and M. Morarka should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting superbees a goal with 19 minutes of the match played. The referee showed superbees's M. Prunier the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. After 41 minutes, superbees raised their score by one when M. Prunier's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by P. Hansson. 0 - 1. W. Wright was, after 43 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper A. Myers made the save. Due to some great work on the right wing Darwins's M. Schultheiss was able to even the score after 44 minutes to make the score 1 - 1. 1 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to Darwins, who controlled the ball 63 percent of the time.

Darwins had to make a substitution after 71 minutes. D. Dawson limped off the field and was replaced by L. Williams. Many thought F. Cortès ought to have been awarded a penalty 72 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around S. Qyqalla after a determined run through the middle. Darwins's T. Courtman was shown a yellow card after 81 minutes for slicing down an opponent. With 83 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of superbees resulted in a counterattack that set A. Špecián free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. Darwins enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 59 percent of possession.

Most important Darwins player was M. Schultheiss. M. Morarka on the other hand, had a terrible day. superbees's top performer was clearly P. Hansson. On the other hand, R. Pries's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 1.