ä-bronx 0 - 1 kick&rush (393223952)

The crowd of 39835 turning up at Kamikaze today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. İrfan Toptan was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Schorsch Schaechtelin and Zigurds Zellis. A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for ä-bronx. The following players had been chosen: Young - Mevan, Weiersmüller, Bhutia, Manzanares, van Kan - Spignoli, Aydıner, Cecetto, Scarpinelli - Ascuí.

kick&rush had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Tomarchio - Häfelin, Jeker, Goroncy - Rub, Leibig, Roux, Wechsler, Buller - Zimmerlin, Yanachkov.

kick&rush mostly relied on their long range shooting ability. ä-bronx were awarded a penalty after 3 minutes of play, but K. Bhutia's shot skimmed just wide. One of many good crosses from B. Buller on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by H. Zimmerlin, who scored for kick&rush. 0 - 1 With the clock showing 26 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of kick&rush resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by J. Goroncy in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 1. ä-bronx claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

ä-bronx's K. Bhutia got himself booked for a foul. R. Manzanares of ä-bronx received a yellow card after 58 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. As the game started to slip away for ä-bronx, the manager decided to change the tactical approach. J. Goroncy was struggling to make the ball dance with his usual trickery and panache, and the opposing players had little trouble shutting him down in these muddy conditions. Some beautiful play by kick&rush set up J. Jeker in a good shooting position after 78 minutes, but S. Young made a great save on the low hard shot. Neither team was controlling the possession at this point in the match, with the stats showing a 50:50 split.

P. Ascuí performed admirably for ä-bronx. However, K. Bhutia made a disastrous appearance. kick&rush's top performer was clearly C. Wechsler. D. Rub on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 1.