smithstuffers 0 - 0 Elmswell (390121771)

Dark skies made the crowd of 31743 at smithstuffers Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Noah Zettersjö was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Hans Lönnstrand and Pablo Agramunt. smithstuffers started off with a 5-3-2 lineup. Lineup: Kucharczyk - Gustavsson, Drane, Petch, bin Durum, Ristna - Boulanger, Eckenbrecher, MacLise - Hanson, Davis.

Elmswell tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. They fielded: Heracleous - Millwood, Mawe, Rocker, Mautner - Wright, Ashfaq, Harewood, Curnock - Grant, Gage.

smithstuffers were relying on their ability to counter-attack. K. Rocker behaved like an inexperienced youth player after 37 minutes as he gave the ball away to D. Davis. Lucky for him though, there was no goal. After 39 minutes smithstuffers tried to exploit their counterattacking skills, unfortunately, J. Hanson's shot sailed wide after his break down the right. smithstuffers's J. Hanson was shown a yellow card after 41 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to Elmswell, who controlled the ball 62 percent of the time.

Elmswell's C. Grant could have put the guests one up after 54 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but K. Kucharczyk was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. smithstuffers mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 55 minutes, but S. Boulanger was unable to convert from short range. Elmswell enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 64 percent of possession.

smithstuffers's best player was K. Ristna. D. Davis on the other hand, had a terrible day. Elmswell's top performer was clearly A. Ashfaq. R. Mawe turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 0.