North 5 - 0 Whimsical (392026719)

51898 punters turned up at The Trash Can, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Luis Leandro Durango was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sebi Kolber and George Dumitru. North decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Rüchele - Mozzarelli, Aviles, Gabriele - Erkmen, Quirini, Bruno, Rieks-Pedersen, Adriazola - Case, Martínez.

Whimsical tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Camón - Sarges, Worm, Stamatopoulos - Lieske, Jouttimäki, Justice, Schneider, Chabeika - Verweij, Tüzgü.

Whimsical seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. M. Case gave North the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 With 12 minutes played, J. Martínez could have brought this one home for North as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. North increased the lead as J. Martínez 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 North felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. After 24 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and S. Gabriele gave the North supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 3 - 0. 3 - 0 was the halftime score. North had most of the ball, with 67 percent of possession.

North put themselves up 4 - 0 when H. Erkmen broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. Whimsical's Y. Tüzgü was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 71 minutes. 84 minutes in, North's S. Gabriele received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. A loud groan was heard from the fans of Whimsical, as M. Worm left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. L. Legal took his place on the field. After 86 minutes, M. Case put North ahead 5 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. Possession in this half belonged to North, who controlled the ball 68 percent of the time.

The most dominating North player was without a doubt J. Martínez. H. Erkmen on the other hand, had a terrible day. Whimsical's best player was J. Sarges. L. Legal was a disappointment, however. The match ends 5 - 0.