Friends 5 - 1 jerusalem (378548543)

A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 4413 to Le chaudron du diable. Omer Nimrodi was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Matteo Reina and Paul Nõu. Friends tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. Lineup: Danniau - Belle, Weldam - Palmisano, Glasser, Gaschet, Eagles, Markink - Pomponio, Ah Heng, Larsson.

jerusalem started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Megidish - Kurthan, Nissim, Tirmarche - Niederreiter, Gonen, Şandru, Azulay - Beja, Khaslavskiy, Sofer.

The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to L. Ah Heng, but the Friends player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! The coach of Friends was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 15 minutes, O. Wilde came on for G. Larsson. The visitors didn't give in and, after 22 minutes, P. Beja got through the home side's central line of defence, rolling in the equaliser to make it 1 - 1. Making his way up the middle 27 minutes into the match, R. Pomponio almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert M. Megidish blocked it to keep the score level. Friends's L. Ah Heng was shown a yellow card after 33 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 35 minutes into the match and the home team took a 2 - 1 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Friends was P. Glasser. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 1. Friends claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

R. Weldam left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 60 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. I. Maňhal was the replacement. P. Eagles was handed the Friends captain's armband. jerusalem's C. Nissim refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 61 minutes. After 66 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Friends found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to solid. 69 minutes into the game, jerusalem seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a poor level of organisation. Several players seemed a little dazed by the warm weather, and were repeatedly tricked by the clever and agile I. Maňhal. P. Eagles should probably have put his team up another goal after 85 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by M. Megidish kept the visitors in the game. L. Şandru of jerusalem received a yellow card after 86 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Friends's O. Wilde increasing the lead to 3 - 1. Confident in their lead, Friends's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. The Friends players could smell victory in the air. L. Belle wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for H. Dieguez after 89 minutes. The fierce heat made it important to save breath, and after a few swift runs R. Pomponio found it hard to get back into position. 89 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as C. Markink broke through, making the score 4 - 1 for Friends. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Friends to 5 - 1 as L. Ah Heng finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. Friends had most of the ball, with 61 percent of possession.

Most important Friends player was L. Ah Heng. W. Gaschet turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating jerusalem player was without a doubt M. Gonen. M. Megidish was a disappointment, however. The match ends 5 - 1.