Big 2 - 4 IHATOVE (394196574)

4086 spectators arrived at BB's Diamond Field, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Enrico Furini was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Konstantin Bickman and Thorbjørn Rasmussen. Big started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Klatt - Tiber, Racskó, Teixeira - Gunnarsson, Gellért, Záhorszki, Lucena Marcos, Pikó - Szeverényi, del Barrio.

A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for IHATOVE. Lineup: Rubio - das Neves, Onieva, Sauerwinkel - Štědronský, Caravantes, van der Looi, Kajahara - Lytras, Narahashi, Sobota.

It was an obvious ambition of IHATOVE to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. Big had a good opportunity to take the lead as J. Szeverényi came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of V. Rubio. 0 - 1 was the score with 24 minutes played, after Y. Kajahara cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for IHATOVE. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, A. Caravantes got himself booked. The manager of IHATOVE was not happy. After 36 minutes of play, G. Gellért evened things up for Big with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 1 - 1. In a rapid move 38 minutes into the match, J. Pikó of Big lost his man and passed the ball to the unmarked J. Szeverényi who easily hit it home to make it 2 - 1. Luckily the ref didn't see him taunting the opposing fans in celebration - naughty boy! The crowd was silenced 39 minutes into the match as the visiting team's A. Lytras came in from the left, levelling the score to 2 - 2. At 40 minutes played, R. del Barrio came in from the right with the intention of giving Big the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. Attacking on the wings was the choice for IHATOVE, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. IHATOVE caught their opponents out with a clever counterattack down the right wing 42 minutes into the match. A. Lytras was able to finish off the move - 2 - 3. It was 2 - 3 at the break. Big enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.

One of many good crosses from Y. Kajahara on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by I. Narahashi, who scored for IHATOVE. 2 - 4 At this point, it was obvious that the players of IHATOVE lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. After 59 minutes, B. Gunnarsson had a good opportunity to reduce the scoreline for Big with a chance created through the middle, but wasn't cool enough. The ball went miles over the bar. I. Narahashi wanted to play on, but the IHATOVE coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 65 minutes into the game by D. Bernobi. Q. van der Looi left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 75 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. V. Jakab was the replacement. Big needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 75 minutes Ó. Lucena Marcos made way for G. Tuccillo. Content with how the game was proceeding, the IHATOVE coach let 隆. 高橋 (Takahashi) replace A. Sobota after 80 minutes. With 80 minutes of the game having been played, D. Bernobi received a blow to the hip in a collision and was unable to continue. IHATOVE, with no available replacements, now faced the prospect of finishing the game with a reduced number of players. The home side worked their way through the middle and almost got one back when J. Pikó tried to sneak the ball past the keeper. V. Rubio was too alert for that! Possession in this half belonged to Big, who controlled the ball 61 percent of the time.

Big's best player was G. Tuccillo. However, S. Klatt made a disastrous appearance. IHATOVE's top performer was clearly A. Lytras. V. Rubio was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 4.