toupetjes 3 - 0 Menai (393261146)

A scorching day at de Macarena, where 2963 spectators were in place for today's match. Randy Rooselaar was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Norman Regev and Heinar Rastatt. toupetjes started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. The following players took the field: Bjerre - Michaeli, Sessa, Mayet, Iordanou - Vanpeene, Aymar, Lindhwald, Vergnaud, Glogger - Lamain.

Menai had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. Lineup: Kee - Minuzzi, Collins, Pagkakis, Dutta, Mehler - Ardill, Jack, Whadjuk, Gilchrist - Tzohar.

Menai saw most attack opportunities on the wings. toupetjes's O. Iordanou got himself booked for a foul. Menai had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. toupetjes took the lead, 1 - 0, after a penalty 17 minutes into the match. T. Michaeli scored from the penalty spot. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, D. Jack got himself booked. The manager of Menai was not happy. Menai had a great opportunity to score following a counterattack after 30 minutes, but B. Minuzzi's shot from the left sailed high over the bar. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to toupetjes, who controlled the ball 62 percent of the time.

The referee showed Menai's R. Gilchrist the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. After 74 minutes, toupetjes's T. Michaeli found the back of the goal with a beautiful free kick. 2 - 0. toupetjes put themselves up 3 - 0 when E. Lamain broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. M. Glogger of toupetjes was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. The heat made it a terrible day for R. Ardill, who seemed unable to keep up with the other players. A great save by keeper D. Kee after 79 minutes kept the visitors in the game after E. Lamain struck from the left with a real cannonball. Still trailing on the score board, Menai adjusted their tactics after 80 minutes. N. Mehler had a quick chat at the side line, then switched positions with R. Gilchrist. With things not going too well on the field, the Menai coach made the decision to swap the positions of S. Dutta and R. Ardill with 80 minutes played. Maybe due to the uphill battle the team was facing, the Menai manager looked to change things around. After 85 minutes, B. Minuzzi and N. Tzohar swapped positions on the field. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by toupetjes, with 67 percent of the ball.

toupetjes's top performer was clearly E. Lamain. M. Glogger was a disappointment, however. Menai's best player was R. Gilchrist. B. Whadjuk turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 0.