bumchumbadback 0 - 6 Smedge (374449274)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 23418 to bori lane. Constantin Goetz-Mayrhofer was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Johan Håkansson and Teo Gleißner. bumchumbadback started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players took the field: Postic - Hobson, Bagni, Brennan - Kaubert, Tangney, Killius, Azeez - Schwarzenbacher, Yañez, Meßmer.

Smedge decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. The following players had been chosen: Latraverse - Di Nucci, Del Real, Carmona - Cantington, Sloman, Comyn, Crotta - Smyth, Norgate, Russells.

bumchumbadback clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. bumchumbadback's W. Killius was shown a yellow card after 6 minutes for slicing down an opponent. T. Sloman's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for Smedge, he bravely continued in the match. With 26 minutes gone, Smedge had a free kick in a decent position. Despite this being a great chance for a shot, they tried a cheeky move intended to bypass the defence. However, G. Smyth did not manage to connect with it cleanly and the ball went out. Against a lesser team, Smedge could very well have succeeded with their smart indirect free kick routine after 27 minutes. A trio of passes took the ball all the way past the defenders, but by then the intended recipient was already blocked off and the keeper could make a leisurely save. 31 minutes into the game, F. Russells finished off a Smedge left wing counterattack, making the score 0 - 1. After 32 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for C. Crotta who increased Smedge's lead to 0 - 2. Halftime score was 0 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to Smedge, who controlled the ball 66 percent of the time.

The Smedge players could smell victory in the air. R. Del Real wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for B. Stanley after 60 minutes. After 61 minutes, the Smedge players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game. The referee signalled a penalty 67 minutes into the game following an offence which looked like it was outside the box. D. Carmona knocked it home to make the score 0 - 3. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave M. Schwarzenbacher from bumchumbadback a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 74 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Smedge's K. Norgate had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 81 minutes having been played. A. Chaplain was the replacement. The visitors' M. Comyn took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 83 minutes into the match. 0 - 4 for Smedge. By now, the players in Smedge felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. D. Carmona increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 5. After 87 minutes, Smedge's C. Crotta burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 6. Smedge claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 72 percent.

W. Killius performed admirably for bumchumbadback. On the other hand, S. Azeez's play was disheartening. Smedge's best player was C. Cantington. However, B. Stanley made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 6.