Royal 1 - 1 tanzanelli (388467028)

Due to an all-day shower, 19068 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at New Juma. Eugen Ilie was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gabi Denaeyer and Eli Beloshevsky. Royal had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Nicolas - Lahahula, Chenge, Diallo - Chuma, Mpesya, Moe, Ngoyai, Lekamoi - Salum, Nyalandu.

A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for tanzanelli. Starters: Velloso - Šůstek, Van De Plas - Schwertzell, Czupi, Clerici, Kasella, Mtemwu - Perrino, Gerbrands, Dehens.

Royal took the lead 12 minutes in, as J. Ngoyai broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. O. Moe should probably have put his team up another goal after 16 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by J. Velloso kept the visitors in the game. tanzanelli's S. Schwertzell was shown a yellow card after 31 minutes for slicing down an opponent. T. Lekamoi's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for Royal, he bravely continued in the match. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave A. Lahahula from Royal a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 41 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, O. Moe got himself booked. The manager of Royal was not happy. Halftime score was 1 - 0. Neither team was controlling the possession at this point in the match, with the stats showing a 50:50 split.

I. Perrino had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. C. Nicolas's name was chanted throughout the stadium after he made a fantastic save from R. Gerbrands's shot from the left 59 minutes into the match. L. Czupi tied the game at 1 - 1 after 73 minutes, when he converted an incredible pass from the right. C. Nicolas looked great 74 minutes into the match after stopping a shot from the middle of the penalty area from the visitors' S. Schwertzell. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by tanzanelli, with 53 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Royal player was without a doubt C. Nicolas. However, W. Mpesya made a disastrous appearance. Most important tanzanelli player was D. Šůstek. S. Schwertzell turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 1.