HARASS 6 - 5 BBFC (393216387)

Dark skies made the crowd of 17650 at Shinig Stella Stadium a little nervous, but the rain held off. Şeyhmuz Özkutay was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Wilfrid Morlet and Hadrian Brinkhoff. HARASS decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Lineup: Kofan - Hude, Oh, Nyerges, Lee - Cho, Lee, Kim, Jung - Han, Bae.

BBFC started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Robin - Lee, Gaggiola, Yun - Micino, Idoate, Peñarrubia, Chae, Pajtlingerov - Potapov, Klintskär.

It was an obvious ambition of HARASS to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. BBFC seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for BBFC, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. BBFC took the lead 5 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. J. Klintskär was the scorer. The referee showed BBFC's H. Chae the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The crowd chanted their encouragement as HARASS's S. Cho came in from the right after 15 minutes and put the ball in the net to level the score at 1 - 1. 25 minutes into the match, the speedy D. Jung easily outpaced J. Lee, chipped the keeper and made the score 2 - 1. 27 minutes into the game BBFC's S. Potapov found a gap in the home side's central defence and scored with a fabulous shot, making it 2 - 2. The home side put themselves ahead 3 - 2 after 32 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from Y. Han, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. B. Nyerges squirmed through their central defence after 36 minutes, increasing the lead to 4 - 2. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 39 minutes, BBFC did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, A. Micino was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 4 - 3. 4 - 3 was the score after the first half. BBFC claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.

Content with how the game was proceeding, the HARASS coach let J. Kim replace J. Lee after 68 minutes. BBFC levelled the score after 70 minutes to make it 4 - 4, as J. Yun struck home after a fine midfield combination through the centre, which left him completely unmarked. B. Nyerges would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. R. Palomera entered the game for HARASS as the match clock showed 76 minutes. BBFC were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. After 84 minutes, BBFC's H. Chae made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 4 - 5. After 85 minutes, BBFC's lack of experience resulted in the team's loss of their edge at the end of the game. 86 minutes into the match, HARASS's R. Palomera maneuvered his way around the opposition on the left flank, delighting the crowd with his twists and turns. The effort paid off as the ball found the back of the net, evening the score at 5 - 5. The guests almost went up by a goal after 87 minutes when R. Peñarrubia came through and shot from the right. The ball bounced harmlessly off the post, though. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, J. Lee got himself booked. The manager of HARASS was not happy. After 89 minutes BBFC's J. Lee limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. BBFC enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

After the regular 90 minutes, the agony of extra time followed. During the break, BBFC's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to solid organisation. The corner kick from S. Cho was powerfully met by the head of Y. Han to make the score 6 - 5. What a dramatic win for HARASS! HARASS's best player was Y. Han. However, R. Palomera made a disastrous appearance. Most important BBFC player was X. Idoate. J. Yun on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 6 - 5.