H.H.H 4 - 0 Rouches (393435351)

Clouds darkened the skies at Fort Hound Stadium as 4017 spectators turned up for the match. Eero Partanen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Anton Kyhlholt and Mattia Wild. H.H.H had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. Starters: Landlind - Boireau, Brener - Zfadia, Goren, Ovadia, Zvity, Malka - Dietrichsdorf, Westerbeek, Abutbul.

Rouches tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. Lineup: Zengerink - De Boever, Todts, Ferreira Neves - Heling, Grajal, Pulling, Van Nieuwenhoven - Hendriks, Evangelista, Galanty.

H.H.H tried to focus their attacks down the middle. Y. Zvity of H.H.H seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 1 - 0 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by A. Goren. Rouches were close to putting the equaliser away after 30 minutes as the opposing defence lost control of the ball to J. Pulling in a scuffle towards the left of the goal, but in the end the ball was cleared over the dead ball line. When H. Zengerink was badly injured by a couple of strong tackles after 31 minutes, Rouches fans were unhappy to discover that it was not possible to make a substitution. T. Hendriks bravely took on the responsibilities of the departed goalkeeper. M. Ferreira Neves was the new captain of Rouches - handed the armband by the departing player. With 33 minutes played, H.H.H's E. Westerbeek almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. 1 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Rouches, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of H.H.H to 2 - 0 as K. Abutbul finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. The players of H.H.H now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. After 69 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Rouches found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to inadequate. After 76 minutes, Y. Dietrichsdorf sprinted between the opposing defenders and squared the ball, but the keeper deflected E. Westerbeek's shot. R. Clérigo was called on to replace H.H.H's A. Goren after 77 minutes following a nasty collision. R. Clérigo became the new H.H.H captain. H.H.H solidified their lead at the 82 minute mark, as H. Boireau dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 3 - 0. H.H.H players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. 83 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as N. Ovadia broke through, making the score 4 - 0 for H.H.H. Rouches had most of the ball, with 57 percent of possession.

The most dominating H.H.H player was without a doubt K. Abutbul. On the other hand, R. Clérigo's play was disheartening. R. Grajal performed admirably for Rouches. T. Hendriks was a disappointment, however. The match ends 4 - 0.