MANY 4 - 0 IFKBjörn (392987592)

2409 fans braved the pouring rain at CROKE PARK STADIUM. Edward Szymona was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Marcos 'Apache' Encuentra and Norbert Bolko. MANY decided to use a 4-3-3 set up. The following players had been chosen: Chebli - Bedel, Leimich, Stephant, Paradis - Cacciamani, Lopez, Dilba-Daleit - Morisset, Boulet, Cadène.

IFKBjörn had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. The following players took the field: Hedin - Nolan, Hultgren, Klein, Bladborg - Flodskog, Friderberg, Wästerbrant, Norrman, Marinho - Duvén.

With 2 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as J. Boulet flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. P. Wästerbrant was having a great game - if anything the pouring rain seemed to be spurring him on! After 33 minutes, M. Cacciamani put MANY ahead 2 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. With 42 minutes played, MANY put themselves up 3 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to J. Morisset, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. At this point, it was obvious that the players of MANY lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. The rain made it hard for players like M. Flodskog to show their technical control of the ball on this soggy day. After 44 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as IFKBjörn found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to solid. 3 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by MANY, with 57 percent of the ball.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that IFKBjörn had solid organisation. IFKBjörn's N. Marinho refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 56 minutes. 72 minutes into the game, IFKBjörn seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a weak level of organisation. MANY put themselves up 4 - 0 when D. Lopez broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. 82 minutes in, IFKBjörn's N. Marinho received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Possession in this half belonged to MANY, who controlled the ball 62 percent of the time.

MANY's best player was M. Cadène. On the other hand, J. Morisset's play was disheartening. Most important IFKBjörn player was P. Wästerbrant. However, F. Klein made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 4 - 0.