Lizzys 3 - 1 H3 (390338762)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 22104 at The Lizzy's Stadium today. Ning Lai Him was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Hugo Bartenstein and Daniel Nausch. Lizzys had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. They fielded: Abalos - Lahr, Csollány, Herrling-Schreiber, Habeshaw - Merchant, Ramis, Pol, Simander - Schous, Harte.

H3 decided to use a 4-3-3 set up. Starters: Torelli - Cavanna, Landander, Bodor, Croes - Kroese, Echebelz, Horba - Lawson, Caravéo, Buitenhek.

Lizzys saw most attack opportunities on the wings. Today, H3's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Lizzys fans held their breath as J. Herrling-Schreiber scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! Lizzys's J. Herrling-Schreiber increased the lead to 2 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 4 minutes. Players in Lizzys heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. With 8 minutes played, Lizzys's R. Harte almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. H3's R. Bodor was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 10 minutes. L. Caravéo nearly reduced the lead 12 minutes into the game, but a splendid one-handed save by M. Abalos prevented the attempt coming in from the right flank from hitting the back of the net. 2 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to Lizzys, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.

61 minutes into the game, K. Croes had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came G. Ortiz. As the captain was no longer on the pitch, K. Kroese took over the role of being the H3 captain. H3 managed to reduce the score to 2 - 1 as L. Caravéo finished off a well-played combination from the left, easily carving through the defence. Lizzys managed to extend their lead to 3 - 1 when J. Merchant cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Lizzys, with 60 percent of the ball.

Most important Lizzys player was F. Schous. P. Ramis turned in a dismal performance, however. H3's best player was Z. Horba. R. Bodor was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 1.