ya 4 - 0 LFC (393148153)

2263 spectators had found their way to barzakh, despite the heavy rain. Heribert Grois was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Kevin Budweiser and Tore Winde. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for ya. The following players took the field: Duong - Figueras, Taskinen, Pullach - Chmiela, Oelze, Hansson, de Vos, Garhammer - Leca, Karllund.

LFC had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Concabella - Khoury, Nieradka, Malta - van den Hoek, Arsénio, Alberto, Gapotchenko, Pedata - de Carvalho, Carvalho Pinto.

The wings were the focus of most of ya's attacks today. ya took the lead after 6 minutes as a result of K. Karllund's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave K. Karllund from ya a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 22 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! LFC were forced into a substitution as B. Carvalho Pinto couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing N. Porco to come in off the bench. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of ya to 2 - 0 as S. Figueras finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. After 26 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by Ş. Leca might have resulted in another goal for ya. However, H. Concabella made a spectacular save. N. Porco was having a great game - if anything the pouring rain seemed to be spurring him on! J. de Vos could have put ya up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 29 minutes. S. Duong made a brilliant save 30 minutes into the match, blocking a rocket of a shot from R. Gapotchenko on the right hand side. ya's U. Garhammer refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 33 minutes. Halftime score was 2 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to LFC, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

The referee showed LFC's A. Malta the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. A loud groan was heard from the fans of ya, as S. Duong left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. M. Foroni took his place on the field. After 75 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by ya was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. After 76 minutes, ya's S. Figueras found the back of the goal with a beautiful free kick. 3 - 0. A well-executed free kick by S. Figueras after 79 minutes made it 4 - 0 for ya. By then S. Figueras had scored three goals - a hat trick! The players of ya now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. ya claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

The most dominating ya player was without a doubt A. Taskinen. On the other hand, U. Garhammer's play was disheartening. Most important LFC player was N. Porco. G. van den Hoek turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 0.