chikkanos 1 - 1 DDR (391214266)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 21850 had shown up at chikkanos f.c. Arena for the match. Ricart Morientes was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jacob J. Stigborn and Matthes Bansemeier. chikkanos started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Fransen - Masalski, Borghi, Minicucci - Yevenez, Hatje, Christofoletti, Whalen, Sazie - Butts, Rinaga.

DDR tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Alametsä - Nijs, Paulsson, van Griethuijsen - Larenas, Bognár, Panov, Ida, Sánchez - Autran, Van Diest.

DDR demonstrated their creative tactics on the field. At 5 minutes played, J. Whalen came in from the right with the intention of giving chikkanos the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. A. Autran came close to putting the visiting team one up 8 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but M. Fransen managed to tip the ball to a corner. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, J. Whalen scored for chikkanos putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 13 minutes. DDR's P. Larenas had a good first touch on the flank, but was crowded and, after a change of plan, sent the ball to G. Sánchez who somehow managed to curl the ball wide. With 31 minutes played, A. Autran came in from the right and could have evened the score, but the defenders successfully repelled the attack by DDR. It was 1 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to DDR, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

It might be a while before the fans see chikkanos's J. Butts again, after he had to leave the field in great distress at the 63 minute mark. He was replaced by S. Barrueto. M. Masalski could have put chikkanos up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 69 minutes. With 81 minutes played, J. Whalen could have brought this one home for chikkanos as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. 82 minutes into the match the visitors levelled the score at 1 - 1 as A. Autran struck home from a rebound off the crossbar, following a shot from the right. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by chikkanos, with 51 percent of the ball.

chikkanos's top performer was clearly J. Rinaga. However, C. Christofoletti made a disastrous appearance. R. Van Diest performed admirably for DDR. On the other hand, G. Sánchez's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 1.