Yokohama 0 - 1 TSE-INTERRemix (393216533)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 54000 at Baystars Arena today. Mogens Brodersen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Peter Ridell and Arne Karlsen. A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Yokohama. They fielded: Tranborg - Adlgasser, Mulhof, Le Priol, Farsang, Saghin - Decoutere, Zanetti, Jeon, Leplat - Morimoto.

TSE-INTERRemix tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. The following players took the field: Colette - Schläppi, Henderickx, Granado - Thomas, Brennemann, Cascio, Rentsch - 水野 (Mizuno), 武田 (Takeda), 荻原 (Ogiwara).

It was an obvious ambition of Yokohama to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. TSE-INTERRemix preferred to finish off their attacks from a distance. The cannonball from 35 metres by J. Adlgasser of Yokohama was an impressive sight, but didn't make it into the net. After 19 minutes, the visitors nearly went up a goal, but O. Brennemann's free kick hit the crossbar. Yokohama had a chance to take the lead after A. Morimoto's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 25 minutes. M. de Alarcón was called on to replace TSE-INTERRemix's 亮. 荻原 (Ogiwara) after 32 minutes following a nasty collision. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. Yokohama claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

60 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Yokohama substitution. R. Romero González came on for F. Leplat. 60 minutes into the game, Yokohama wanted to bring some new energy to their game. A. Morimoto gave T. Shiuezato a quick hug as he left the field. TSE-INTERRemix had to make a substitution after 64 minutes. D. Rentsch limped off the field and was replaced by S. Le Tutour. After a fine move down the middle S. Mulhof nearly gave the home side a goal after 78 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. 80 minutes in, Yokohama's J. Adlgasser received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. W. Henderickx of TSE-INTERRemix had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. I. Stuligrosz came in to finish the match. Possession of the ball saw an equal split between the teams during the forty-five minutes.

After the regular 90 minutes, the agony of extra time followed. TSE-INTERRemix's M. de Alarcón was shown a yellow card after 102 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Under heavy pressure after 103 minutes, the inexperienced Yokohama struggled to maintain their level of play. After 107 minutes, a deliberate handball from Yokohama's J. Adlgasser was judged to be his second bookable offence, and he was sent off. V. Granado seemed to be impossibly far from the goal, but he looked up and bang! A real cracker for TSE-INTERRemix after 109 minutes. 0 - 1. With that TSE-INTERRemix had won the game in extra time. Most important Yokohama player was T. Shiuezato. However, J. Tranborg made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating TSE-INTERRemix player was without a doubt M. de Alarcón. R. Schläppi on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 1.