2570 spectators arrived at
Dune Squad Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football.
Horst-Werner von Guericke was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Nicolas Mauntler and
Curtis Johnston.
Squad tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination.
They fielded: Huitema - Zadelhoff, Haan, Zamagni - van der Ree, Andriessen, Bontekoe, Rognerud, Tullbo - Antes, Wafelbakker.
spinning had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation.
The following players had been chosen: Schmutz - Beltrán, Văn Sở, Fehr, bin Hj Bahrin, Redondo - Provolo, Uhartea, Fleiss, Radical - Oţetea.
Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Squad.
The referee showed Squad's
O. Andriessen the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.
Squad's
T. Rognerud left the field after 12 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was
T. Jauhia.
After some beautiful movement down the left wing,
O. Andriessen scored for Squad putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 20 minutes.
After 26 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by
T. Bontekoe might have resulted in another goal for Squad. However,
T. Schmutz made a spectacular save.
31 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as
T. Bontekoe broke through, making the score 2 - 0 for Squad.
With 34 minutes played,
S. Zadelhoff of Squad fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving.
Halftime score was 2 - 0.
Squad had most of the ball, with 80 percent of possession.
75 minutes in, spinning's
H. bin Hj Bahrin received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.
Things were going to get worse for the visitors.
T. Bontekoe squirmed through their central defence after 78 minutes, increasing the lead to 3 - 0.
A spectacular volley from
P. Tullbo almost resulted in a goal, but a good save from the keeper kept it out, and
D. van der Ree could only knock the loose ball wide.
Coming from the right,
E. Antes almost managed to score another goal for Squad, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper.
O. Andriessen caused mayhem in his own defensive line with some mad dribbles within his own penalty zone, but spinning's
M. Radical's shot went just wide.
After 88 minutes,
O. Andriessen put Squad ahead 4 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing.
Squad enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 79 percent of possession.
The most dominating Squad player was without a doubt
T. Jauhia.
T. Bontekoe turned in a dismal performance, however.
spinning's best player was
X. Redondo.
M. Oţetea on the other hand, had a terrible day.
The match ends 4 - 0.