Crizackheads 1 - 7 Hills (392023441)

Clear skies welcomed the 31176 spectators who had made their way to C Pound. Luca Moriglia was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Enrico Furini and Dave Hurkmans. A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Crizackheads. Starters: Moore - Sosbe, Reuschling, Schuster, Terry - Jackson, Melenas, Steen, Ladd, Auch - Brandon.

Hills tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: Santos Lima - Töz, Priesnitz - Kıral, Rosado, Whaley, Bass, Rendl - Csankó, Iraurgui, Knaapi.

Hills's F. Csankó gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 2 minutes with a superb strike from the right. After a fatal mistake from the away team's right side defence 15 minutes into the match, an alert H. Auch bagged the ball for Crizackheads, levelling the score to 1 - 1. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 19 minutes into the match, and Z. Töz wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 1 - 2 for the visitors. H. Kıral caught everyone by surprise with a unexpected volley after 22 minutes. N. Rendl was perfectly placed to take advantage of the play, but unfortunately, he was as surprised as anyone and couldn't finish for Hills. After 24 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed T. Knaapi to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 1 - 3. 1 - 3 was the score after the first half. Hills claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 63 percent.

After 56 minutes, Hills sent a free kick in high over the penalty box. In what looked like a well-rehearsed move, the ball was headed backwards and reached F. Csankó, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 1 - 4. By now, the players in Hills felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. The referee signalled a penalty 74 minutes into the game following an offence which looked like it was outside the box. J. Bass knocked it home to make the score 1 - 5. Hills's S. Priesnitz was shown a yellow card after 76 minutes for slicing down an opponent. With 77 minutes played, Hills put themselves up 1 - 6 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was K. Whaley. The visitors' P. Rosado took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 79 minutes into the match. 1 - 7 for Hills. Possession in this half belonged to Hills, who controlled the ball 65 percent of the time.

Most important Crizackheads player was A. Melenas. S. Schuster turned in a dismal performance, however. Hills's best player was E. Santos Lima. J. Iraurgui was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 7.