Strugglers 5 - 2 Kokkakolla (384118209)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Enga Stadion saw a crowd turnout of 23484. Rami Mesika was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sílvio Zeferino and Antoine Accart. Strugglers tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Labadessa - Tveter, Paixão, Zubekhin - Zandberg, Minichberger, Andersen, Gautier, Larjama - Schümperli, Kinnaree.

Kokkakolla decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Oelsinger - Bárbaro, Pecheux, Febbrari - Vega, Hofman, Moreno Torres, Gisaldi, Tregnaghi - Savio, Watała.

Strugglers saw most attack opportunities on the wings. Today, Kokkakolla's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. It was obvious that Kokkakolla had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. 28 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but M. Savio, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. Attacking on the wings was the choice for Strugglers, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. After 30 minutes, a well-worked counterattack by Strugglers on the right presented an easy opportunity in front of the goal that was duly converted by F. Minichberger to make it 1 - 0. M. Kinnaree hit the ball perfectly after 32 minutes to score for Strugglers with a fabulous long shot. 2 - 0. Strugglers had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. After 33 minutes, M. Kinnaree put Strugglers ahead 3 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. Kokkakolla breathed new life into the game with an opportunity to reduce the score after 34 minutes, but the home side's defenders cleared the ball on the line, after a long shot coming in from the left rebounded off the crossbar. Kokkakolla were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. Halftime score was 3 - 0. Strugglers enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.

58 minutes into the match, Kokkakolla replied and reduced the lead to 3 - 1. D. Vega scored on a marvellous cross pass coming in from the left. The referee showed Kokkakolla's D. Vega the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. C. Labadessa made a brilliant save 63 minutes into the match, blocking a rocket of a shot from M. Savio on the right hand side. Players in Kokkakolla heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. A. Moreno Torres knocked one home from a counterattack down the right wing, making the score 3 - 2 after 72 minutes. Strugglers increased the lead as B. Schümperli struck to make the score 4 - 2 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. After 81 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and T. Gautier gave the Strugglers supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 5 - 2. By now, the players in Strugglers felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Strugglers, with 52 percent of the ball.

Strugglers's best player was B. Schümperli. On the other hand, B. Zandberg's play was disheartening. Kokkakolla's top performer was clearly M. Hofman. G. Tregnaghi was a disappointment, however. The match ends 5 - 2.