Jah_Strength 7 - 2 Esgrima (392790146)

Clouds darkened the skies at Fire&Glory Arena as 668 spectators turned up for the match. Mario Boselli was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Richard Clutton-Brock and Heinrich-Detloff Smoltschnik. Jah_Strength had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Leng Nie - Sánchez, Călin, Ugarte - Ruiz Díaz, Yurretauria, Segovia, Ibarraetxebarria, Reinaldi - Connah, Lyudyno.

Esgrima decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Dinulescu - Morán, Sinde, Pizzolon - Meltroso, Charlón, Ávila, Daset, Correa - Ilić, Remstal.

Jah_Strength were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. Esgrima used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. After 9 minutes of play, A. Lyudyno gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. It was obvious that team Esgrima had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. Coming through the middle H. Meltroso almost scored the equaliser for Esgrima after 11 minutes, but L. Leng Nie made an excellent save, tipping the awkwardly curled shot past the post. The goal for 2 - 0 was a funny story: after 12 minutes the seemingly nonchalant lob from Jah_Strength's T. Segovia landed at the feet of M. Ruiz Díaz who sidefooted it into the net - nice goal! After this, you could see that the players of Jah_Strength were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. 13 minutes in, an amazing pass from the left side resulted in a goal for the visitors, as F. Pizzolon anticipated the through ball and scored, reducing the deficit to 2 - 1. 22 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as G. Yurretauria broke through, making the score 3 - 1 for Jah_Strength. Jah_Strength's H. Sánchez was shown a yellow card after 25 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Jah_Strength, with 55 percent of the ball.

63 minutes into the game, F. Pizzolon had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came O. Bardanca. A. Correa's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert A. Remstal was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for Esgrima. 3 - 2. Jah_Strength managed to extend their lead to 4 - 2 when A. Lyudyno cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. With 79 minutes played, Jah_Strength put themselves up 5 - 2 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to A. Lyudyno, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. This third goal completed a hattrick for A. Lyudyno. Jah_Strength will have to do without E. Reinaldi for a time, due to a bad foot injury at the 81 minute mark. He was substituted by M. Laiolo. Jah_Strength were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Jah_Strength to 6 - 2 as A. Lyudyno finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. 84 minutes into the game, Jah_Strength were awarded a penalty that M. Ruiz Díaz turned into 7 - 2 without a problem. Jah_Strength enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 60 percent of possession.

Jah_Strength's top performer was clearly A. Lyudyno. T. Segovia on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Esgrima player was A. Remstal. O. Bardanca turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 7 - 2.