The_Reds 5 - 0 Toxic (393526029)

3528 punters turned up at Anfield, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Heinrich-Ralf Eitzert was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Andrzej Smoczyk and Gianluca De Santis. The_Reds tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. The following players took the field: González - Gonzales, Ranjbar, Lilov, Ayres, Jamison - Cervantes, Sands, Prather, Hammons - Beckler.

A 5-5-0 alignment was the formation of choice for Toxic. They fielded: Conlan - Pütlich, Rodale, Edelstein, Khan, Twomey - Younger, Haughton, Hoare, Clough, Johnson -.

The_Reds clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Toxic. The_Reds were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. G. Matevosyan was called on to replace The_Reds's R. Jamison after 22 minutes following a nasty collision. After 31 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Toxic found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to solid. 35 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for The_Reds was M. Beckler. 37 minutes in, Toxic appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only passable. A great save by keeper G. Conlan after 40 minutes kept the visitors in the game after M. Beckler struck from the left with a real cannonball. The visitors' equaliser seemed sure to come after 43 minutes, following a one on one situation around the left hand side of the goal area, but J. González got the best of it, blocking the shot from B. Twomey. 1 - 0 was the score after the first half. The_Reds enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 66 percent of possession.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that Toxic had solid organisation. Good work by the Toxic defensive line after 49 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found L. Johnson alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. 50 minutes into the game, Toxic had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to inadequate. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. B. Prather squirmed through their central defence after 51 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. 55 minutes into the game, Toxic seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a poor level of organisation. The_Reds players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in The_Reds's G. Matevosyan increasing the lead to 3 - 0. At this point, it was obvious that the players of The_Reds lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. The bench was restless, and with 61 minutes passed Toxic's coach gave G. Giovanbattista the opportunity the player had been hoping for. L. Johnson reluctantly left the field. A penalty 66 minutes into the game gave the home side a chance at adding to the score, but an overconfident M. Beckler shot the ball wide trying to put it away in the top corner. After 67 minutes Toxic tried to exploit their counterattacking skills, unfortunately, C. Pütlich's shot sailed wide after his break down the right. 71 minutes into the game, M. Rodale had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came S. Nisbet. The corner kick from M. Beckler was powerfully met by the head of F. Cervantes to make the score 4 - 0. After 74 minutes, Toxic switched S. Hoare with L. Jeffrey, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. Toxic's defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 74 minutes gone, but S. Nisbet's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper. One of many good crosses from F. Cervantes on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by M. Beckler, who scored for The_Reds. 5 - 0 Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by The_Reds, with 72 percent of the ball.

J. González performed admirably for The_Reds. G. Matevosyan on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Toxic player was B. Haughton. B. Edelstein was a disappointment, however. The match ends 5 - 0.