alkoolikoi 0 - 1 MonsterMagnet (393886726)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 3059 to tou xarou ta dontia. Leo Beckham was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ilmar Pärnaku and André Busemann. alkoolikoi started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Arendarski - Olsen, Santander, Zumalburu - Cotecchia, Tonkov, Haselünne, Ronchi, Rantasalmi - Tate, Rossetti.

A 5-3-2 alignment was the formation of choice for MonsterMagnet. The following players had been chosen: Hassing - Egberink, Hooijberg, Cheshmeh Kaboudi, Gordijn, Mrasek - Polignino, van der Helm, Blokker - Israëls, Slot.

Today, alkoolikoi's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. For their match strategy, MonsterMagnet had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. One of many good crosses from M. Polignino on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by R. Slot, who scored for MonsterMagnet. 0 - 1 A counterattack by MonsterMagnet after 20 minutes could have resulted in a goal, but M. Polignino, coming in on the left, couldn't get the shot off. 28 minutes in, MonsterMagnet's E. Hooijberg received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by alkoolikoi, with 65 percent of the ball.

alkoolikoi had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. L. Rossetti was just a finger's breadth away from an equaliser for alkoolikoi with a strike from the left, but J. Hassing managed to ward the shot off for a corner. With the clock showing 67 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of MonsterMagnet resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by S. Israëls in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. F. Cheshmeh Kaboudi was, after 77 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper P. Arendarski made the save. alkoolikoi claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 68 percent.

alkoolikoi's top performer was clearly P. Arendarski. V. Santander turned in a dismal performance, however. M. Blokker performed admirably for MonsterMagnet. However, G. Gordijn made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 1.