sumra 1 - 4 TBC (392833213)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and soccer live arena saw a crowd turnout of 12695. Henrik Killborn was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mutbrecht Sibeth and Pier Federico Campitelli. sumra tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: Thérond - Sepsey, Thioune, Cârneci, Lutz - Lilja, Boeykens, Granqvist, Raoult - Zehndorfer, Grochowiak.

A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for TBC. Starters: Saelan - Kuncoro, Judka, Kuswanto - Piat, Ikhsan, Rajasa, Fadhlan - Torn, Tantular, Bertyn.

The wings were the focus of most of sumra's attacks today. After 10 minutes sumra's C. Cârneci limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 13 minutes into the match, and R. Judka wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 0 - 1 for the visitors. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave T. Granqvist from sumra a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 23 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! L. Torn received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 36 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 2. The TBC fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. After this, you could see that the players of TBC were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. sumra's C. Cârneci got himself booked for a foul. N. Rajasa received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 40 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 2. TBC had most of the ball, with 55 percent of possession.

54 minutes in, TBC's N. Rajasa received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. There was concern in the stands when, at the 66 minute mark, sumra's M. Thioune hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. An amazing free kick flew past the home keeper 67 minutes into the match, putting TBC ahead 0 - 3. L. Torn was the scorer. After 74 minutes, a deliberate handball from sumra's C. Cârneci was judged to be his second bookable offence, and he was sent off. sumra supporters cheered as good work down the right got the ball to R. Boeykens who reduced the visitors' lead after 77 minutes to 1 - 3. After 78 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave M. Fadhlan a chance to increase the lead for TBC, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 1 - 4. Possession in this half belonged to TBC, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

sumra's top performer was clearly K. Grochowiak. G. Thérond turned in a dismal performance, however. TBC's best player was T. Piat. S. Tantular on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 4.