PhiloKro 5 - 0 Tommy (392985549)

Due to an all-day shower, 977 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at Downtown Arena. Dotan Eldad was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ambrosio Niblick and Leonardus Deelstra. PhiloKro decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Onu - Deranja, Kreczmer, Jędrusik - Závodník, Boschiroli, Bélyei, Urizar, Kalman - Gunnarsson, Ardeleanu.

Tommy had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. Lineup: O'Leary - Altamirano, Moffett, Courtney, Cason, Stanford - Argueta, Stoica, Higginbotham, MacKern - Baez.

The wings were the focus of most of PhiloKro's attacks today. Slack defending gave PhiloKro a chance to take the lead with 29 minutes played, but M. Ardeleanu's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. Tommy had a great opportunity to score following a counterattack after 30 minutes, but M. Argueta's shot from the left sailed high over the bar. After 34 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Tommy found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to inadequate. 36 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for PhiloKro was B. Jędrusik. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in PhiloKro's B. Jędrusik increasing the lead to 2 - 0. It was obvious that PhiloKro had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. After 40 minutes PhiloKro's M. Kreczmer had to be carried off on a stretcher in agony. P. Boireau came in to replace him. The PhiloKro captaincy was handed to H. Gunnarsson. B. Jędrusik had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. The home side's P. Boireau came close to extending the lead 42 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but T. O'Leary managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. It was 2 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to PhiloKro, who controlled the ball 69 percent of the time.

Despite his frustration resulting in the smashing of a few teacups, the coach of Tommy was able to get his message across, and raised Tommy's organisation to solid. PhiloKro's C. Boschiroli increased the lead to 3 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 55 minutes. 62 minutes into the game, Tommy seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a inadequate level of organisation. 67 minutes in, Tommy appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only inadequate. Things were deteriorating for the away team as PhiloKro scored another to make it 4 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for H. Gunnarsson after 70 minutes. With 72 minutes played, PhiloKro put themselves up 5 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to B. Jędrusik, 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 B. Jędrusik. Confident in their lead, PhiloKro's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. A. Altamirano, who often relies on his speed, had a rotten day on the drenched grass. Tommy's M. Cason left the field after 87 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was C. Marchena. M. Argueta became the new Tommy captain. PhiloKro's M. Ardeleanu was shown a yellow card after 88 minutes for slicing down an opponent. PhiloKro had most of the ball, with 68 percent of possession.

M. Ardeleanu performed admirably for PhiloKro. P. Boireau on the other hand, had a terrible day. Tommy's best player was M. Argueta. On the other hand, M. Courtney's play was disheartening. The match ends 5 - 0.