Akihabara 2 - 0 Loggerheads (394046662)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 4104 that came out to AKIBA Yodobashi Arena. Valdemar Tavares was the appointed referee. Akihabara tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. They fielded: Kovalcsik - Kupari, Kutsiy, Kitano, Apelgård, Le Brun - 稲葉 (Inaba), Isayama, 上村 (Uemura), Dlouhý - 本多 (Honda).

Loggerheads had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. Lineup: Hartford - Barnard, Follert, Venere, Basílio - Dunning, Torch, Gawbrath, Hancock, Melo - Rezusta.

Today, Akihabara's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. It was a hot and sunny day, and several players seemed worn out. Maybe this was why 憲. 上村 (Uemura) found an unusual amount of space for his snappy footwork. Akihabara had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. Akihabara were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. Making his way up the middle 38 minutes into the match, T. Apelgård almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert S. Hartford blocked it to keep the score level. Loggerheads's A. Hancock got himself booked for a foul. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. Akihabara had most of the ball, with 65 percent of possession.

46 minutes into the game, Akihabara wanted to bring some new energy to their game. J. Dlouhý gave R. Raciti a quick hug as he left the field. After a fine move down the middle 隆. 本多 (Honda) nearly gave the home side a goal after 53 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. Akihabara had a chance to take the lead after 隆. 本多 (Honda)'s dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 68 minutes. As the 70 minute mark approached, the Loggerheads coach decided it was time for a substitution. C. Basílio reluctantly made way for A. Aalto on the pitch. K. Kitano would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. S. Ligendza entered the game for Akihabara as the match clock showed 75 minutes. After 78 minutes, the Akihabara coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving A. Kupari off the field. 栄. 新谷 (Niitani) took his place. The sunny day didn't make things easy for A. Aalto who didn't seem his usual powerful self on the pitch. Y. Isayama caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 84 minutes. This gave Akihabara the 1 - 0 lead. With 87 minutes played, Akihabara's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to Y. Isayama he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 2 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Akihabara, with 66 percent of the ball.

隆. 本多 (Honda) performed admirably for Akihabara. 栄. 新谷 (Niitani) on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Loggerheads player was J. Rezusta. S. Hartford was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 0.