Allstars 0 - 6 Goldbrunnen (393201713)

Dark skies made the crowd of 697 at Shibuya Square a little nervous, but the rain held off. Gian-Reto Fischbach was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Manuel Leal and Markus Ylijoki. Allstars tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Wolki - Musumeci, Hinkel, Zeller-Denk, Charbonnier - Amundsen, Loforese, Burak, Thürkow - Ralle, Nicolaescu.

Goldbrunnen decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Bardin - Samko, Dréno, Maranhão - Håkansson, Giannini, Häggtorp, Arguello, Staroselskis - Kirknes, Eastwood.

Allstars saw most attack opportunities on the wings. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Goldbrunnen's F. Kirknes after 12 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. After 29 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed M. Dréno to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 2. The goal to make it 0 - 3 was scored by F. Kirknes after 35 minutes, following an opportunistic counterattack down the middle by Goldbrunnen. By now, the players in Goldbrunnen felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. A penalty was awarded after 37 minutes, and F. Kirknes made the most of his chance to put Goldbrunnen up by another goal. 0 - 4 for the visitors. By then F. Kirknes had scored three goals - a hat trick! It was 0 - 4 at the break. Goldbrunnen enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 66 percent of possession.

The Goldbrunnen players could smell victory in the air. M. Eastwood wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for H. Franco after 46 minutes. Some fine movement on the left led to a Goldbrunnen goal after 52 minutes, making it 0 - 5. G. Arguello was noted down as the scorer. G. Maranhão wanted to play on, but the Goldbrunnen coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 60 minutes into the game by G. Szécsi. E. Kogge was called on to replace Allstars's G. Burak after 66 minutes following a nasty collision. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Allstars's L. Amundsen was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 70 minutes. P. Killisch was given a chance to change things around. After 70 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave J. Samko a chance to increase the lead for Goldbrunnen, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 6. As the game started to slip away for Allstars, the manager decided to change the tactical approach. After 84 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Allstars found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to inadequate. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from J. Samko after 86 minutes, and prevented Goldbrunnen from going up another goal. 88 minutes into the game, Allstars seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a weak level of organisation. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Goldbrunnen, with 74 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Allstars player was without a doubt A. Loforese. A. Wolki was a disappointment, however. Most important Goldbrunnen player was M. Dréno. On the other hand, F. Bardin's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 6.