Lsiberian 0 - 4 Clovers (393464020)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 491 at Eye of the Tigers today. Xavi Ibarra was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Şeyhmuz Özkutay and Stanisław Nowacki. Lsiberian decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. Lineup: York - Rantaeskola, Eckburg - Rauwolf, Wallington, Moraes, Garcia, Nédó - Savchuk, Gorecki, Virgona.

A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Clovers. Starters: Pasanen - Winter von Adlersflügel, Receveur - Preston, Robles, Fattori, Claassen, Masar - Rzymek, Landis, Lusk.

Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 20 minutes into the match, and T. Rzymek wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 0 - 1 for the visitors. With 27 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed C. Preston of Clovers to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 2. 28 minutes in, Clovers's M. Lusk received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Unfortunately for Lsiberian, A. Wallington was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. F. Devillers replaced him. After 30 minutes, F. Nédó had a good opportunity to reduce the scoreline for Lsiberian with a chance created through the middle, but wasn't cool enough. The ball went miles over the bar. After 33 minutes, Clovers's L. Landis burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 3. The players of Clovers now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Halftime score was 0 - 3. Clovers claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 77 percent.

The swift technical skills of M. Lusk were often too much for the tall but somewhat slow R. Garcia who was humiliated after 47 minutes. He'll be breathing a huge sigh of relief after the final shot went wide. A drive down the left side allowed H. Winter von Adlersflügel to get in close and score another goal for Clovers after 54 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 4. When M. Lusk made yet another studs-first tackle after 67 minutes, the referee was obliged to book the Clovers player for the second time, sending him off the pitch. T. York was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so Lsiberian's H. Alves had to come off the bench. With 79 minutes played, M. Masar nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. 85 minutes into the match, P. Claassen came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. T. Rzymek of Clovers received a yellow card after 87 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Clovers enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 81 percent of possession.

Lsiberian's best player was P. Moraes. F. Nédó was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Clovers player was without a doubt M. Fattori. T. Rzymek on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 4.