warriors 5 - 0 Rockys (393943102)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 4004 at Para Arena today. Bent Koburger was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Drago Tomrecaj and Ursin Estoppey. warriors decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Starters: Charalambidis - Tanjung, Mijnals, Paalvast, Vriendwijk - Siantoro, Bilal, Denardin, Esajas - Didden, Anjos.

Rockys tactics involved an interesting 5-2-3 combination. Lineup: Pepeverde - Fritzler, Güntekin, Robbiati, Fellner, Gárate - Puia, Cracchiolo - Mulard, Landry, Vurlod.

It was obvious that Rockys were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. They were singing the praises of C. Denardin 7 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to warriors. Cheers filled the stadium as M. Didden broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to warriors. warriors's J. Anjos got himself booked for a foul. warriors put themselves up 3 - 0 when R. Siantoro broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. The players of warriors 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 3 - 0. warriors enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 92 percent of possession.

A great save by keeper G. Pepeverde after 55 minutes kept the visitors in the game after N. Tanjung struck from the left with a real cannonball. warriors's M. Didden increased the lead to 4 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 77 minutes. With 78 minutes played, G. Fellner of Rockys fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. After 80 minutes M. Didden made a speedy advance and dropped the ball to J. Anjos who shuffled it past the keeper. The score was now 5 - 0. warriors's C. Denardin saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 87 minutes. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Rockys's S. Landry was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 89 minutes. F. Zander was given a chance to change things around. With 89 minutes played, the Rockys coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. M. Ocampos came on, T. Puia had to leave the fray. Rockys needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 89 minutes R. Robbiati made way for S. Suomensalo. A late sliding challenge from J. Anjos was deemed to be his second yellow card offence by the referee, resulting in him being sent off, and warriors left a man down. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by warriors, with 54 percent of the ball.

The most dominating warriors player was without a doubt İ. Bilal. D. Vriendwijk was a disappointment, however. Most important Rockys player was F. Zander. G. Fellner on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 5 - 0.