Atlantis 2 - 1 Eleven (392611710)

Dark skies made the crowd of 39499 at Neptune's den a little nervous, but the rain held off. Davide Biavia was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Pavlo Vernidub and Marcos Generes. A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Atlantis. The following players took the field: Hódi - Hebert, Anciães, Aukofer, Puskala - Durville, Skočir, Matilde, Paşayev, Aittasalmi - Atzeni.

Eleven tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: Turner - Badar, Eades - Roberts, Johnson, Smith, Shugars, Shewan - Tyas, Broderick, Gardner.

The wings were the focus of most of Atlantis's attacks today. Atlantis's J. Hebert soared above the crowd, but couldn't knock the corner home 12 minutes into the match. Some great play up the middle by Atlantis led to a chance for S. Atzeni to score after 16 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. 24 minutes into the match, Atlantis's L. Durville demonstrated his famed speed as he raced past his marker and passed the ball to S. Atzeni who chipped it in for 1 - 0. With 29 minutes played, the visitors could have drawn level after F. Gardner came through the middle, but his kick went wide. Eleven's D. Shewan was shown a yellow card after 35 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Halftime score was 1 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to Atlantis, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

Eleven needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 46 minutes A. Broderick made way for O. Bains. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Eleven's E. Tyas was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 46 minutes. S. Oswald was given a chance to change things around. With 46 minutes played, the Eleven coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. B. Fletcher came on, D. Smith had to leave the fray. The Eleven players listened closely to their manager, as he gave new tactical instructions for the team. Eleven's right side looked dangerous 70 minutes in, but G. Hódi made a good save on B. Fletcher's hard shot to the top corner. The visitors kept the pressure on to tie the game when, after 78 minutes, F. Gardner broke through the centre and found himself alone with the keeper. G. Hódi made a great block, though. With 82 minutes played, H. Shugars came in from the right and could have evened the score, but the defenders successfully repelled the attack by Eleven. The Atlantis players could smell victory in the air. L. Durville wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for S. Tichy after 85 minutes. The visitors didn't give in and, after 86 minutes, H. Shugars got through the home side's central line of defence, rolling in the equaliser to make it 1 - 1. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, T. Aittasalmi scored for Atlantis putting them ahead 2 - 1, after 87 minutes. Atlantis enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

Atlantis's best player was Ž. Skočir. On the other hand, G. Hódi's play was disheartening. The most dominating Eleven player was without a doubt S. Oswald. C. Roberts on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 1.