Marasha 4 - 6 starbucks (394300195)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Marasha Arena saw a crowd turnout of 3005. Ágoston Vizi was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Paavali Köppä and Matías Quintero. Marasha decided to use a 4-3-3 set up. Lineup: Blahota - Rochow, Wieseck, Görldt, Schewe - Paulsdammer, Strugger, Zukal-Holinger - Brösel, Domkowitsch, Reber.

starbucks started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. They fielded: Mocessi - 英泉 (Yingquan), Viville - Law, 健利 (Jianli), Zabernig, 嘉帆 (Jiafan), 軼廷 (Yiting) - Brocklehurst, Alleyne, 力航 (Lihang).

Marasha seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. starbucks clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. They were singing the praises of N. Reber 30 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 Marasha. starbucks will have to do without M. Viville for a time, due to a bad foot injury at the 37 minute mark. He was substituted by A. Hausen. 39 minutes into the game starbucks's 江. 力航 (Lihang) found a gap in the home side's central defence and scored with a fabulous shot, making it 1 - 1. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of starbucks's 李. 嘉帆 (Jiafan) after 40 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 1 - 2 lead. It was 1 - 2 at the break. starbucks enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 58 percent of possession.

Central attacks were the recipe of the day for starbucks, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. After 48 minutes, starbucks's 任. 軼廷 (Yiting) burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 1 - 3. The players of starbucks now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. P. Paulsdammer's lightning pace was too much for J. Zabernig who could only look on as the Marasha player blasted one home. 2 - 3. 任. 軼廷 (Yiting) of starbucks took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 63 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 2 - 4. A drive down the left side allowed B. Law to get in close and score another goal for starbucks after 69 minutes, taking the score to 2 - 5. starbucks players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. After 73 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for 任. 軼廷 (Yiting) who increased starbucks's lead to 2 - 6. By then 任. 軼廷 (Yiting) had scored three goals - a hat trick! Marasha refused to be intimidated and, breaking through the middle, S. Brösel managed to slip the ball home for 3 - 6. It was obvious that team starbucks had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. With 77 minutes played, 李. 嘉帆 (Jiafan) nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. The goal to make it 4 - 6 was scored by D. Zukal-Holinger after 78 minutes, following an opportunistic counterattack down the middle by Marasha. Possession in this half belonged to starbucks, who controlled the ball 62 percent of the time.

N. Reber performed admirably for Marasha. On the other hand, P. Paulsdammer's play was disheartening. Most important starbucks player was J. Zabernig. A. Hausen turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 6.