Ichikawa 3 - 2 Mijinko (393025567)

54821 spectators arrived at Keni-o Ichikawa Stadium, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Claudio Daniel Jara was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sothy Duong and Iuri Villa. Fans of both teams had been eagerly awaiting this Kanto derby and were doing their best to outshout their opponents. Ichikawa tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Buliga - Acea, Bloemers, 中沢 (Nakazawa) - Pedrero, Bruckmüller, Kotoulas, Skubutis, Melone - 立石 (Tateishi), Winterhalter.

Mijinko started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. Starters: Pešić - Pánczél, Hyryläinen, Fossanova, Kaustiala - 山崎 (Yamasaki), Groh, Anhorn, Davy, Eskeland - Vergnasco.

Ichikawa saw most attack opportunities on the wings. The wings were the focus of most of Mijinko's attacks today. Ichikawa made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left H. Acea completely alone with keeper B. Pešić, who made a spectacular block. The guests almost went up by a goal after 9 minutes when P. Vergnasco came through and shot from the right. The ball bounced harmlessly off the post, though. 11 minutes into the match, Mijinko nearly took the lead, as T. Hyryläinen broke through on the right. B. Buliga made the save, however. A well placed corner kick from M. Pánczél was followed by T. Hyryläinen's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for Mijinko, the score now 0 - 1. With 28 minutes having been played, Ichikawa scored to make it 1 - 1. A dribble down the left wing, followed by a shot which took a wicked bounce off a defender resulted in the keeper having no chance. Everyone thought it'd been an own goal, but E. Winterhalter was marked down as the scorer. With 33 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. P. Vergnasco put the ball away for 1 - 2. 36 minutes in, Mijinko's A. Davy received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Ichikawa's E. Winterhalter put his head to a well placed ball, lifted in from the left, and scored to make the score 2 - 2 with 37 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 2. Ichikawa enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 59 percent of possession.

Ichikawa's H. Acea was shown a yellow card after 55 minutes for slicing down an opponent. It was obvious that Ichikawa had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. 63 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Ichikawa to take the lead after a good cross from the right found 亮. 中沢 (Nakazawa) alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. 80 minutes into the game, Ichikawa wanted to bring some new energy to their game. 龍. 立石 (Tateishi) gave T. Andersson a quick hug as he left the field. Ichikawa had most of the ball, with 63 percent of possession.

As neither team had managed to win, extra time was called. 105 minutes into the match and the home team took a 3 - 2 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Ichikawa was A. Pedrero. This put an end to extra time, making Ichikawa the winners. Ichikawa's top performer was clearly R. Bruckmüller. B. Buliga turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Mijinko player was without a doubt C. Fossanova. M. Pánczél on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 2.