FCGulf 3 - 2 MONEYMAKERS (392736721)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and FCGulfion saw a crowd turnout of 717. Sven Sueler was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sergi Falguras and Mats Fatehi. FCGulf had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. They fielded: Stutzbach - Spiegelgraber, Boumans - Negretti, Levnaic, Igna, Cavanna, Malvezzi - Sacharof, Tipei, Yalın.

MONEYMAKERS tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: Blom - Kolahkaj, Stoltze, Pacheco - Fløjstrup, Nørmark, Belbers, Kjeldsen - Josefsen, Niebe, Feldborg.

FCGulf could have put themselves ahead after 14 minutes but L. Igna missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. C. Yalın gave FCGulf 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 A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in FCGulf's R. Negretti increasing the lead to 2 - 0. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 0. FCGulf claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 72 percent.

Coming from the right, C. Sacharof almost managed to score another goal for FCGulf, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. After 66 minutes FCGulf's L. Igna limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. FCGulf solidified their lead at the 70 minute mark, as E. Spiegelgraber dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 3 - 0. By now, the players in FCGulf felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. MONEYMAKERS's H. Feldborg was shown a yellow card after 76 minutes for slicing down an opponent. With 85 minutes played, C. Sacharof could have brought this one home for FCGulf as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. MONEYMAKERS showed their counterattack skill 87 minutes into the match by breaking through the middle, with H. Feldborg scoring uncontested for 3 - 1. The visitors replied 88 minutes into the game, reducing the home side's lead to 3 - 2, as B. Belbers dashed up the middle, easily lobbing the ball over the home team's keeper. 89 minutes in, MONEYMAKERS's F. Niebe received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by FCGulf, with 68 percent of the ball.

Most important FCGulf player was C. Sacharof. D. Levnaic on the other hand, had a terrible day. H. Feldborg performed admirably for MONEYMAKERS. However, M. Kolahkaj made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 2.