Clusters 4 - 0 Arsenal (391886225)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 46750 had shown up at El Fortin de Toosty for the match. Riccardo Venezia was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Juan Gatti and Maximilian Dumitrascu. Clusters started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Zhang - Gallard, Ortiz, Apellind - Navas, Kazakov, Mpampaliotis, Sehnálek, García - Rasmussen, Nicolaisen.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Arsenal. Starters: Cameron - Valtemara, Kolbenschmidt, Monard, Feutchmann - Abdel Hamid, Skullerud, Iragui, Elstermann, Siuraneta - Alegre.

Clusters saw most attack opportunities on the wings. Arsenal immediately set off using their skill at pressing their opponents. Arsenal's talent at pressing frustrated the spectators as the game became a dire midfield struggle. B. Zhang looked great 13 minutes into the match after stopping a shot from the middle of the penalty area from the visitors' W. Abdel Hamid. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, E. Rasmussen scored for Clusters putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 27 minutes. A well placed corner kick from J. Gallard was followed by A. Ortiz's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for Clusters, the score now 2 - 0. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Clusters lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Clusters had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. Clusters increased the lead as E. Rasmussen struck to make the score 3 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. K. Skullerud could've grabbed a goal for Arsenal 35 minutes in when he got a pass from the left putting him free of the home side's defence, but he was unable to take advantage of the situation. 3 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Clusters, with 55 percent of the ball.

At this time in the match, Arsenal were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. The referee showed Arsenal's H. Kolbenschmidt the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Clusters's O. Nicolaisen saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 65 minutes. When H. Kolbenschmidt made yet another studs-first tackle after 68 minutes, the referee was obliged to book the Arsenal player for the second time, sending him off the pitch. Clusters were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. R. Sehnálek unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. With 77 minutes played, the Arsenal coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. J. Canet came on, W. Abdel Hamid had to leave the fray. Clusters managed to extend their lead to 4 - 0 when F. García cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. Clusters enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 57 percent of possession.

The most dominating Clusters player was without a doubt O. Nicolaisen. J. Gallard turned in a dismal performance, however. P. Siuraneta performed admirably for Arsenal. However, L. Feutchmann made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 4 - 0.