Talentlozen 2 - 5 E.M.S.C. (390282660)

The 25747 spectators at Tempel der Talenten were in for an afternoon of sunshine. 范 (Fan) 廷匀 (Tingyun) was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jessie Dwyer and Jorge Pulido. Talentlozen started off with a 4-3-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Feraj - Gruyters, Verkuijl, Chausse, Ekker - Kokkinen, Kiełbowicz, Kobra - El Ouaer, Saranello, Stolker.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for E.M.S.C.. The following players took the field: Carhuaricra - Lyman, Descheiver, Godoy - Klijn, Bridževaitis, Boensma, Kerbusch, Pezzano - Szemancsik, van der Belt.

Talentlozen used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. Today, E.M.S.C.'s strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. The terraces were silenced after 35 minutes when E.M.S.C.'s S. Bridževaitis put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. Talentlozen were close to equalising with a spectacular free kick by A. Stolker after 36 minutes, but J. Carhuaricra made a great save, tipping it to a corner. E.M.S.C. had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. With 39 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed J. Boensma of E.M.S.C. to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 2. After 40 minutes, A. El Ouaer had a good opportunity to reduce the scoreline for Talentlozen with a chance created through the middle, but wasn't cool enough. The ball went miles over the bar. Talentlozen's fans were urging them forward as they tried to get back into the game, and their vocal support was rewarded 41 minutes into the match as A. Stolker ran onto a beautiful ball played through the visitors' defence and slotted it past the keeper to reduce the deficit. 1 - 2. Halftime score was 1 - 2. Talentlozen had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

A drive down the left side allowed H. Kerbusch to get in close and score another goal for E.M.S.C. after 60 minutes, taking the score to 1 - 3. S. Bridževaitis found it hard to catch his breath today in the stifling heat. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for Talentlozen, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. Talentlozen refused to be intimidated and, breaking through the middle, K. Kiełbowicz managed to slip the ball home for 2 - 3. Talentlozen were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. A well placed corner kick from C. Pezzano was followed by H. Kerbusch's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for E.M.S.C., the score now 2 - 4. Confident in their lead, E.M.S.C.'s players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. 78 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 2 - 5 as M. Descheiver finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. 79 minutes in, E.M.S.C.'s J. Boensma received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Talentlozen claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

The most dominating Talentlozen player was without a doubt M. Kokkinen. On the other hand, R. Ekker's play was disheartening. E.M.S.C.'s best player was R. van der Belt. J. Carhuaricra on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 5.