sunnybank 5 - 0 United (393139939)

The crowd of 3196 turning up at Heathryfold Park today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Samuel Duarte was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Stefano Barreca and Juan José Daga. sunnybank tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: Tobiasen - Palčok, Striano, Azizaj, Lienesch - Adamsen, Steinke, Verboom, Baan - Morozkin, Unfried.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for United. The following players had been chosen: Clemmensen - Werner, Keating, Bérard - Milone, Wien, Barratt, Seaman, Cigarán - Sharples, Somerfield.

sunnybank were relying on their ability to counter-attack. With 7 minutes played C. Striano almost gave the home side the lead with an unexpected free kick set up, but the visitors' N. Clemmensen was onto it, grabbing the would be breakthrough ball. The muddy pitch made the game a gritty affair, which seemed to suit B. Lienesch just fine. With 31 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as L. Baan flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. United's M. Werner was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 34 minutes. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. N. Morozkin squirmed through their central defence after 35 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. After 35 minutes, sunnybank sent a free kick in high over the penalty box. In what looked like a well-rehearsed move, the ball was headed backwards and reached E. Palčok, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 3 - 0. sunnybank put themselves up 4 - 0 when N. Morozkin broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. The players of sunnybank now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. sunnybank's C. Striano got himself booked for a foul. The teams went for the halftime break at 4 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by sunnybank, with 71 percent of the ball.

H. Unfried was first to reach a ball launched long through the center from sunnybank's defence 56 minutes into the game. He managed to keep his cool and beat the goalkeeper to make the score 5 - 0. Coming from the right, L. Azizaj almost managed to score another goal for sunnybank, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. C. Striano had a fantastic opportunity to put sunnybank up another goal 67 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. The boggy pitch disrupted the game, especially for technical players like J. Barratt. sunnybank's L. Azizaj saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 74 minutes. sunnybank put in a good effort on the right, but H. Unfried saw his volley fly wide of the mark 82 minutes into the game. L. Azizaj should probably have put his team up another goal after 83 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by N. Clemmensen kept the visitors in the game. sunnybank had most of the ball, with 70 percent of possession.

The most dominating sunnybank player was without a doubt N. Morozkin. D. Steinke on the other hand, had a terrible day. United's top performer was clearly D. Bérard. However, J. Barratt made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 5 - 0.