abee 4 - 0 United (389338101)

It had rained all day, but 10094 hardy fans still made it out to ABEE stadium. Jonas Sjöén was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Danni Lippert and Mihnea Tugui. abee tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. The following players took the field: Brăguţă - Klöhn, Monget, Poerlein, Maleki, Fuentes Martínez - Amanpour, Loiacono, Salmè, Engetsberger - Livnat.

United decided to use a 2-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Gentilini - Leenaert, Chaman Roy - Colmant, Baerwolff, Gregor, Draoui, Deldar - Burch, Overzet.

United were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. Against a lesser team, abee could very well have succeeded with their smart indirect free kick routine after 26 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. United had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. abee had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

The boggy pitch disrupted the game, especially for technical players like L. Draoui. abee took the lead 65 minutes in, as M. Salmè broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. abee managed to extend their lead to 2 - 0 when V. Fuentes Martínez cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. After this, you could see that the players of abee were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. D. Brăguţă left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 75 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. N. Chapman was the replacement. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, L. Draoui got himself booked. The manager of United was not happy. 81 minutes into the game, United seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a inadequate level of organisation. The referee showed United's D. Overzet the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. H. Livnat wanted to play on, but the abee coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 83 minutes into the game by M. Hérail. K. Poerlein was handed the abee captain's armband. Unfortunately for abee, P. Loiacono was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. F. Galluccio replaced him. Things were deteriorating for the away team as abee scored another to make it 3 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for J. Monget after 85 minutes. 86 minutes in, United appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only inadequate. It was a bad day for the usually speedy M. Hérail. The mud seemed to slow him down. L. Draoui remonstrated furiously with the referee after United had another decision go against them. The referee had no alternative but to show him another yellow card and send him from the pitch. M. Hérail's lightning pace was too much for T. Leenaert who could only look on as the abee player blasted one home. 4 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to abee, who controlled the ball 65 percent of the time.

abee's best player was M. Salmè. However, N. Chapman made a disastrous appearance. United's top performer was clearly T. Leenaert. On the other hand, H. Chaman Roy's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 0.