Eleven 3 - 2 superbees (390051536)

Clouds darkened the skies at The Green as 54662 spectators turned up for the match. Damien Baur was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Erich Mair and Erko Kivistik. Eleven tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: Turner - Badar, Eades, Rivergate - Johnson, Shugars, Iredell, Roberts - Oswald, Andrews, Gardner.

superbees started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Barnes - Conraads, Cicogna, Špecián - Prunier, Rieser, Velzunza, De Capite, Wright - Hansson, Pelli.

superbees clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. Slack defending gave Eleven a chance to take the lead with 2 minutes played, but C. Roberts's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. Eleven made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left H. Shugars completely alone with keeper J. Barnes, who made a spectacular block. Eleven created a good opportunity to score 34 minutes into the match when M. Andrews's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. Eleven's M. Andrews was shown a yellow card after 35 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to Eleven, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

Eleven had a good opportunity to take the lead as S. Oswald came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of J. Barnes. After 63 minutes, superbees's T. Pelli swiftly ran past F. Eades and nutmegged the keeper! 0 - 1. After 68 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for W. Wright who increased superbees's lead to 0 - 2. At this point, it was obvious that the players of superbees lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. 70 minutes into the match, Eleven's M. Andrews popped up from nowhere, cheekily stole the ball off an opposition player and scored. 1 - 2. The crowd roared in delight as F. Eades finished off a spectacular series of passes through the middle to even the score for Eleven 83 minutes into the match. 2 - 2. O. Avitan was called on to replace superbees's A. Špecián after 84 minutes following a nasty collision. After 85 minutes of play, M. Andrews gave the home team a 3 - 2 lead after an attack coming in from the right. Eleven claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

The most dominating Eleven player was without a doubt M. Andrews. R. Johnson on the other hand, had a terrible day. superbees's top performer was clearly P. Hansson. J. Barnes was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 2.