Rulesz 2 - 0 GOAL3 (394305957)

Clouds darkened the skies at The Honey Jar as 2847 spectators turned up for the match. Martino Sbattelia was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ton Haasnoot and Luigi Bertani. Rulesz started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. The following players took the field: Razak - Coelho, Hunkeler - Cantón, Adam, Hyér, Ciobanu, Jegerings - Habar, Aguilar, Savunur.

GOAL3 had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: De Los Ríos - Silva, Medina Paz, Romalde - Nuţă, Kuleta, Waizman, Martínez, Mayerhofen - Moser, Lacalle.

The wings were the focus of most of GOAL3's attacks today. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, P. Aguilar scored for Rulesz putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 3 minutes. 1 - 0 was the score after the first half. Rulesz had most of the ball, with 68 percent of possession.

The Rulesz free kick 54 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of O. Hyér, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 2 - 0! A great save by keeper R. De Los Ríos after 59 minutes kept the visitors in the game after V. Ciobanu struck from the left with a real cannonball. With 60 minutes played, D. Habar could have brought this one home for Rulesz as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. GOAL3's R. Silva tried his best to narrow the score with a well placed free kick, but it wasn't quite good enough and I. Razak managed to block the shot. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Rulesz, with 66 percent of the ball.

Rulesz's top performer was clearly V. Adam. I. Razak turned in a dismal performance, however. GOAL3's best player was N. Romalde. On the other hand, A. Martínez's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 0.