Akihabara 6 - 1 Rinkan (371471443)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 66258 to AKIBA Yodobashi Arena. Zé Barata was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Johann Hof and Elo Vänttinen. Akihabara decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Batebi - Kupari, Kitano, Palmer - Agrafoxo, 稲葉 (Inaba), Kwakami, Morisue, Dlouhý - Meza, Lemmenmeier.

Rinkan had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Aramayo - Muraoka, Alcántara, Barta - Fujii, Tagawa, Watanabe, Kotoku, Sakurada - Honda, Fedeli.

Today, Rinkan's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Rinkan had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. J. Fujii had a good opportunity to give Rinkan the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. Akihabara fans held their breath as T. Morisue scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! After 21 minutes, I. Meza put Akihabara ahead 2 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. F. Fedeli had a lethal looking free kick that grazed the post after 27 minutes. A. Kupari increased the lead for Akihabara to 3 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! Rinkan's A. Alcántara had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 31 minutes having been played. J. Clift was the replacement. Rinkan's G. Kotoku was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 41 minutes. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. J. Lemmenmeier squirmed through their central defence after 42 minutes, increasing the lead to 4 - 0. 4 - 0 was the halftime score. Akihabara had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

Coming from the right, A. Kupari almost managed to score another goal for Akihabara, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. The Akihabara players could smell victory in the air. J. Lemmenmeier wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for K. Mizushima after 70 minutes. Cheers filled the stadium as A. Agrafoxo broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 5 - 0 to Akihabara. The players of Akihabara now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. The coach of Akihabara was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 72 minutes, T. Komatsu came on for 昭. 稲葉 (Inaba). With 76 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock, Rinkan showed some good skill and were able to reduce the score to 5 - 1 when I. Barta got past the home side's central defenders right in front of the goal. After 80 minutes, A. Kupari sent the corner kick right to T. Komatsu who headed it sharply past the keeper. 6 - 1! J. Dlouhý had a fantastic opportunity to put Akihabara up another goal 81 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. After 83 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by K. Kitano might have resulted in another goal for Akihabara. However, S. Aramayo made a spectacular save. A. Batebi left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 89 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. S. Kovalcsik was the replacement. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Akihabara, with 58 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Akihabara player was without a doubt I. Meza. On the other hand, S. Kovalcsik's play was disheartening. H. Tagawa performed admirably for Rinkan. M. Muraoka was a disappointment, however. The match ends 6 - 1.