barcalona 1 - 5 M-M (390123931)

6836 spectators arrived at barcalona united Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Ciske Grendel was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Bertil Ekelund and Ben van den Belt. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for barcalona. Lineup: Dolby - Duffy, Lamie, Cumberland, Gilligan - Lyon, Arnold, Gardiner, Loftus - Ennis, Gore.

M-M started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Rodstedt - Birgersson, Cachia Caruana, Viklius - English, Windwick, Allenby, Harrison, Bonanno - Rangi, Messina.

M-M took a creative approach on the field. After 7 minutes, M-M's M. Allenby fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! M-M took the lead 22 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. M. Windwick was the scorer. R. Gilligan was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was blocked by the keeper. However, barcalona's C. Cumberland managed to get hold of the rebound and tucked the ball into the empty net. 1 - 1 Halftime score was 1 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to M-M, who controlled the ball 60 percent of the time.

The terraces were silenced after 67 minutes when M-M's M. Messina put the guests ahead 1 - 2, following an attack on the right. M. Cachia Caruana of M-M took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 74 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 1 - 3. M. Viklius wanted to play on, but the M-M coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 74 minutes into the game by M. Wennskog. Content with how the game was proceeding, the M-M coach let M. Stokesbury replace M. Birgersson after 74 minutes. M-M increased their lead after 76 minutes when M. Allenby broke through on the right, upping the score to 1 - 4, much to the home crowd's dismay. M-M's M. Wennskog was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 77 minutes. Some fine movement on the left led to a M-M goal after 83 minutes, making it 1 - 5. M. Windwick was noted down as the scorer. By now, the players in M-M felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by M-M, with 64 percent of the ball.

The most dominating barcalona player was without a doubt R. Gore. On the other hand, A. Dolby's play was disheartening. M-M's best player was M. Bonanno. M. Wennskog was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 5.