Dado 4 - 0 Crizackheads (392023432)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 63211 to Arlington Arena. Paul Otto Rottstädt was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Daniel Landmark and Ronny Andresen. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Dado. Lineup: Šilar - Cortázar, Boelhouwer, Pochaba - Manzano Pérez, Guarnaschelli, Trier, Velim, Buttarelli - Tourné, Gaborin.

Crizackheads had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. They fielded: Moore - Sosbe, Friedman, Schuster, Terry - Comer, Melenas, Steen, Ladd, Auch - Brandon.

The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 20 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from R. Gaborin, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. Dado increased the lead as J. Tourné struck to make the score 2 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. By now, the players in Dado felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. After 39 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by Dado was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. R. Trier squirmed through their central defence after 40 minutes, increasing the lead to 3 - 0. Crizackheads's H. Auch was shown a yellow card after 42 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Halftime score was 3 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Dado, with 71 percent of the ball.

51 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as I. Velim broke through, making the score 4 - 0 for Dado. J. Pochaba should probably have put his team up another goal after 57 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by S. Moore kept the visitors in the game. After 81 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by R. Gaborin might have resulted in another goal for Dado. However, S. Moore made a spectacular save. Dado claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 71 percent.

Most important Dado player was J. Tourné. A. Buttarelli was a disappointment, however. Crizackheads's top performer was clearly A. Melenas. A. Brandon on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 0.