kick&rush 7 - 0 Avengers (369112132)

Dark skies made the crowd of 35194 at kick&rush Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Carlo Swartjes was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Pekka Tukiainen and Enrico Garotti. kick&rush tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Tomarchio - Rumbold, Jeker, Goroncy - Leibig, Julmy, Rub, Buller, Wechsler - Zimmerlin, Yanachkov.

Avengers decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Starters: Leuenberger - Wickihalder, Vergut, Barth, Petersen - Stegmann, Ricciardi, Gyger, Robrahn - Klinger, Krill.

The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to D. Rub, but the kick&rush player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! kick&rush solidified their lead at the 26 minute mark, as L. Yanachkov dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 2 - 0. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. D. Rub squirmed through their central defence after 27 minutes, increasing the lead to 3 - 0. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of kick&rush to 4 - 0 as L. Yanachkov finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. The teams went for the halftime break at 4 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by kick&rush, with 86 percent of the ball.

B. Buller unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. D. Klinger made a nice dash down the wing after 61 minutes, but was unable to get the cross into the box. A goal kick was awarded. kick&rush put themselves up 5 - 0 when B. Buller broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. The kick&rush players could smell victory in the air. L. Yanachkov wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for J. Magalatchoumy after 70 minutes. Coming from the right, C. Wechsler almost managed to score another goal for kick&rush, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. kick&rush were given a gift! The ref dubiously awarded them a penalty 78 minutes into the match, which was neatly put away by J. Julmy. 6 - 0 for the home side. At this point, it was obvious that the players of kick&rush lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. After 84 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by J. Julmy might have resulted in another goal for kick&rush. However, U. Leuenberger made a spectacular save. After 85 minutes, M. Leibig put kick&rush ahead 7 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. 86 minutes in, Avengers appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only inadequate. kick&rush had most of the ball, with 90 percent of possession.

kick&rush's top performer was clearly J. Jeker. J. Magalatchoumy turned in a dismal performance, however. Avengers's best player was V. Robrahn. U. Leuenberger on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 7 - 0.