MLI3370 1 - 7 ACD (393841941)

Clouds darkened the skies at Oldtrafford as 669 spectators turned up for the match. Kees Schoonderwoerd was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Bertus Boone and Procopio Simonti. MLI3370 tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: Svrček - Tsolakopoulos, van Klinken, Masdeu, Knapstad, Zolfaghari - Dirnhofer, Milán, Lengyel, Panev - Lemmens.

ACD decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Nonbo - Łyczek, Korajlić, Diogo - Bağcan, Kure, Juulsgaard, Hubáček, Graulus - Magnaterra, Longauer.

Today, MLI3370's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 8 minutes into the match, and T. Graulus 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. 13 minutes in, MLI3370's G. Lengyel received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. In a fantastic display of determination, ACD's T. Graulus forced himself to his feet, after an opponent viciously knocked him down. The visitors' Ć. Korajlić took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 16 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for ACD. V. Altserkowitz was called on to replace ACD's T. Graulus after 30 minutes following a nasty collision. Some fine movement on the left led to a ACD goal after 42 minutes, making it 0 - 3. G. Magnaterra was noted down as the scorer. N. Longauer of ACD took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 43 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 4. ACD's H. Bağcan had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 44 minutes having been played. R. Meillon was the replacement. Attacking on the wings was the choice for MLI3370, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. The home crowd were delighted when G. Panev scored with a header after an attack from the right, making the score 1 - 4. But did he use his hand? That'll be one for the pundits to talk about after the game, that's for sure! It was 1 - 4 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to MLI3370, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

With 46 minutes played, the MLI3370 coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. M. Koivujärvi came on, J. Lemmens had to leave the fray. M. Svrček got a fingertip on V. Altserkowitz's shot from the left 47 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. 58 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 1 - 5 as G. Magnaterra finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. ACD's R. Kure was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 65 minutes. After 76 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave Ć. Korajlić a chance to increase the lead for ACD, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 1 - 6. At this point, it was obvious that the players of ACD lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. ACD's Ć. Korajlić got himself booked for a foul. A loud groan was heard from the fans of MLI3370, as H. Knapstad left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. S. Kytönen took his place on the field. ACD showed their counterattack skill 80 minutes into the match by breaking through the middle, with G. Magnaterra scoring uncontested for 1 - 7. This third goal completed a hattrick for G. Magnaterra. M. Koivujärvi of MLI3370 received a yellow card after 84 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by MLI3370, with 52 percent of the ball.

MLI3370's top performer was clearly S. Kytönen. R. Masdeu turned in a dismal performance, however. ACD's best player was G. Magnaterra. R. Meillon on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 7.