Hoppakay 3 - 3 Cruel (390372418)

The crowd of 19985 turning up at Hoppa town today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Maximilian Klamert was the appointed referee with assistance provided by José Maria Dinis and Miki Ihala. All of Amsterdam was shut down for the day, as fans of both clubs came to the derby. A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Hoppakay. Lineup: van der Weij - Németh, Natale, Marruocco - Audemard, Abbott, Studeník, Panzeta - Abascal, Losert, van de Kamp.

Cruel started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Mellino - Říha, Pompeo, Telese - Talmor, Vangsgaard, Hole, Winsch, Enache - Geusendam, van de Arend.

Today, Cruel's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. The visitors could have taken the lead from a free kick after 10 minutes, if it wasn't for the jaw-dropping save by A. van der Weij. F. van de Kamp did not have a good day today, often losing his footing on the muddy pitch. F. van de Kamp stunned the crowd with a brilliant counterattack from the left, giving Hoppakay the goal to make it 1 - 0. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Hoppakay scored another to make it 2 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for M. Panzeta after 25 minutes. 33 minutes into the game, W. Losert had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came D. Vagels. Hoppakay's M. Panzeta struck his penalty well enough to beat the goalkeeper and extend the home team's lead to 3 - 0 after 36 minutes. It was 3 - 0 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Cruel, with 58 percent of the ball.

Hoppakay's J. Abbott's long shot really ought to have found the net 69 minutes into the match, but it fell just wide of the target. Cruel reduced the lead after 80 minutes to 3 - 1 as Z. Talmor easily chipped the ball past the home side's keeper after a dazzling play from the right. Cruel fought on and, after 82 minutes, C. van de Arend was able to reduce the deficit to 3 - 2 after some excellent moves on the right side were finished off with an incredibly clever chip. The visitors refused to give in and, after 83 minutes, R. Winsch evened things up as he finished off a perfect pass from the right. 3 - 3 L. Studeník of Hoppakay received a yellow card after 85 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Cruel had most of the ball, with 57 percent of possession.

The most dominating Hoppakay player was without a doubt L. Abascal. D. Vagels on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Cruel player was R. Winsch. I. Enache was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 3.