Badgers 0 - 7 Rownhams (390061221)

20358 punters turned up at The Sett-lement, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Patrick Tant was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Lorenzo Naus and Arda Nafi. Badgers had chosen a strategic 4-4-0 formation. Lineup: 淳豪 (Chunhao) - Mahon, Bible, Kaipio, Wisco - Aysan, 山崎 (Yamazaki), Węsiora, Satchel -.

Rownhams decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. Starters: Vijande - Tittmansdorf, Baldwin, Isabella - Hoblik, Spierings, Rahman, Gibić - Kuryłek, Grenholm, Waghäusel.

Going for long shots seemed to be the strategy in use by Badgers. Today, Rownhams's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Players in Rownhams heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. 22 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but I. Rahman, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. Rownhams had to make a substitution after 25 minutes. G. Isabella limped off the field and was replaced by G. Olivera. L. Hoblik made one of his many fine passes from the wing into the middle 27 minutes into the match. P. Grenholm bravely attempted to execute a diving header and the ball was met firmly with his forehead for Rownhams. 0 - 1. A. Tyynilä was called on to replace Rownhams's G. Olivera after 30 minutes following a nasty collision. F. Baldwin of Rownhams seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 0 - 2 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by W. Tittmansdorf. Rownhams increased their lead after 34 minutes when A. Kuryłek broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 3, much to the home crowd's dismay. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from P. Grenholm after 36 minutes, and prevented Rownhams from going up another goal. Against a lesser team, Rownhams could very well have succeeded with their smart indirect free kick routine after 38 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. Halftime score was 0 - 3. Rownhams claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 69 percent.

62 minutes into the game, Rownhams were awarded a penalty and W. Tittmansdorf was able to increase the visitors' lead to 0 - 4 rolling the ball in by the right post. After 64 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Badgers found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to weak. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, J. Spierings would have put Rownhams up another goal 69 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. 77 minutes into the game, Badgers had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to poor. F. Baldwin of Rownhams took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 81 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 5. Confident in their lead, Rownhams's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. With 83 minutes played, Rownhams put themselves up 0 - 6 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was J. Spierings. Some fine movement on the left led to a Rownhams goal after 84 minutes, making it 0 - 7. I. Gibić was noted down as the scorer. Possession in this half belonged to Rownhams, who controlled the ball 77 percent of the time.

The most dominating Badgers player was without a doubt J. Bible. On the other hand, M. Aysan's play was disheartening. Rownhams's top performer was clearly M. Waghäusel. A. Tyynilä was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 7.