Mattrid 2 - 1 cliverpool (390055269)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 55000 to Jade Goody Memorial Ground. Göpf Strittmatter was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Walter Lunzer and Lenny Björnsson. Mattrid started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. Lineup: Peláez - Urošević, Huikari, Lázaro - Franks, Forward, Rowe, Kimel - Gargioni, Manning, Caille.

cliverpool decided to use a 5-3-2 set up. The following players took the field: Elmes - Umeh, Woodford, Ramondt, Hillier, Burns - Wessman, Landini, Anderson - Phạm, Fallon.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of cliverpool. The corner kick from S. Hillier was powerfully met by the head of D. Ramondt to make the score 0 - 1. The home crowd was pulling their hair out after B. Forward missed a penalty shot by miles 20 minutes into the game. cliverpool's defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 21 minutes gone, but V. Phạm's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper. After 38 minutes, B. Forward made a dash down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the goal that made it 1 - 1. They were singing the praises of K. Franks 39 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 2 - 1 to Mattrid. 2 - 1 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Mattrid, who controlled the ball 61 percent of the time.

Q. Caille could have increased the lead after 60 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. The referee showed Mattrid's G. Urošević the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. D. Elmes was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so cliverpool's J. Spalter had to come off the bench. With 75 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of cliverpool resulted in a counterattack that set V. Phạm free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. Mattrid's J. Kimel saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 75 minutes. Against a lesser team, Mattrid could very well have succeeded with their smart indirect free kick routine after 80 minutes. A trio of passes took the ball all the way past the defenders, but by then the intended recipient was already blocked off and the keeper could make a leisurely save. Good work by the cliverpool defensive line after 81 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found D. Ramondt alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. Mattrid enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 63 percent of possession.

Mattrid's best player was P. Peláez. D. Rowe turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important cliverpool player was B. Umeh. J. Spalter on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 1.