7matoo 2 - 5 proshop-bowling (392671418)

Clear skies welcomed the 9932 spectators who had made their way to 7matooFC Arena. Ricardo Ascarrunz was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Bernhard Banger and Simo Väisänen. 7matoo had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players took the field: Ibn-Gibril - Rahman, Abed-Mustafa, Arghiyani, Bin-Saleh - Abu-Alam, Debbouze, Haj-Najjar, Mansoor - Firyabi, Abu-Mansour.

proshop-bowling decided to use a 2-4-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Burtea - Klepper, Benedetti - Oskarsson, Tolhauzsen, Ballosera, Ushnanai - Williams, Matlakhov.

proshop-bowling were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. proshop-bowling's P. Oskarsson got himself booked for a foul. 9 minutes into the game, proshop-bowling seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to inadequate. N. Williams came close to putting the visiting team one up 12 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but Z. Ibn-Gibril managed to tip the ball to a corner. 7matoo took the lead after 13 minutes as a result of S. Abed-Mustafa's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. 14 minutes into the game, proshop-bowling seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a inadequate level of organisation. proshop-bowling made sure of not letting A. Mansoor succeed with his speed. When an opportunity appeared for him, as it did 32 minutes into the game, speedy A. Ballosera came to the rescue and stopped the attack. The proshop-bowling free kick 40 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of N. Williams, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 1 - 1! The referee showed 7matoo's A. Mansoor the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. proshop-bowling took the lead 44 minutes into the game, making the score 1 - 2 after some elegant movement down the middle. J. Tolhauzsen was the scorer. Halftime score was 1 - 2. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by proshop-bowling, with 59 percent of the ball.

The proshop-bowling players spent the break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organisation and regained a solid organisation when the game started again. 7matoo's A. Mansoor placed the ball right at his teammate's feet after a corner, but A. Firyabi couldn't finish. 61 minutes into the match, 7matoo's A. Mansoor demonstrated his famed speed as he raced past his marker and passed the ball to S. Abu-Mansour who chipped it in for 2 - 2. The terraces were silenced after 73 minutes when proshop-bowling's M. Matlakhov put the guests ahead 2 - 3, following an attack on the right. After 80 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as proshop-bowling found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to inadequate. It was obvious that proshop-bowling had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. N. Williams increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 2 - 4. The home side worked hard to get through the middle and as a result, had a good chance of getting one back as S. Abed-Mustafa tried lifting the ball over keeper R. Burtea. Unfortunately, the ball went just over the bar. 84 minutes in, proshop-bowling appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only poor. M. Matlakhov of proshop-bowling took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 86 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 2 - 5. The players of proshop-bowling now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. proshop-bowling claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

7matoo's best player was A. Firyabi. S. Abed-Mustafa was a disappointment, however. proshop-bowling's top performer was clearly N. Williams. On the other hand, J. Ushnanai's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 5.