The Mints 3 - 1 Tuggers (393416846)

1735 spectators had found their way to Minto Meadows, despite the heavy rain. Karl-Dietrich Brinkhoff was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ignacio Alesanco and Noël Winkelman. The Mints had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. The following players took the field: Möllerung - Giordanengo, Burli - Del Muto, Grist, MacKylearan, Greenstock, Watson - Buckler, Buccan, Horváth.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Tuggers. Starters: Bugkel - Eaton, Klokočovnik, Fraleoni - Wildridge, Barrowman, McCulloch, Loiola, MacLandon - MacDonnagh, de Swinton.

The Mints demonstrated their creative tactics on the field. Today, Tuggers's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. 27 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for The Mints was K. Buckler. The rain made it hard for players like G. Barrowman to show their technical control of the ball on this soggy day. After 32 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and K. Buckler gave the The Mints supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 2 - 0. The players of The Mints now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. V. Burli, who often relies on his speed, had a rotten day on the drenched grass. 2 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by The Mints, with 72 percent of the ball.

D. Del Muto unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Tuggers's C. Wildridge was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 55 minutes. A. Gove was given a chance to change things around. A lack of experience caused V. Burli to make a difficult dribble close to dangerous opponent T. MacDonnagh of Tuggers, who took the opportunity to score making it 2 - 1. T. MacDonnagh of Tuggers received a yellow card after 69 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. M. Horváth's lightning pace was too much for A. Klokočovnik who could only look on as the The Mints player blasted one home. 3 - 1. The bench was restless, and with 75 minutes passed Tuggers's coach gave N. Sporran the opportunity the player had been hoping for. C. Bugkel reluctantly left the field. The Mints's G. Buccan had an excellent opportunity after 75 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! Tuggers's D. Eaton got himself booked for a foul. G. Buccan's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for The Mints, he bravely continued in the match. M. MacKylearan should probably have put his team up another goal after 83 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by N. Sporran kept the visitors in the game. The Mints claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 70 percent.

The Mints's top performer was clearly M. Horváth. However, V. Burli made a disastrous appearance. Most important Tuggers player was J. Fraleoni. N. Sporran was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 1.