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Aristocats 0 - 4 Dag (347109620)
31-08-2011 17:00
55000 spectators had come to The Milfdome this cloudy day. Aristocats tactics involved an interesting *4-4-2‬ combination. They fielded: Fenin - Paredes, Marinescu, Ivarsson, Onko - Pescetto, Boeter, van Kulemborg, van Heel - Zawiślański, Fiumani.

A *2-5-3‬ alignment was the formation of choice for Dag. Lineup: Friðmundsson - te Braak, Martens - Rönngård, Wasserzieher, Yu Kwan, McLoughlin, Alume - Gyurta, Nappu, van Seggelen.

After 6 minutes, speedy Roman Nappu dashed past his marker, making plenty of room for the second wave of attack. However, László Gyurta failed to score. 13 minutes into the game, Bernie van Seggelen had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. The guests took the lead 14 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in Loh Yu Kwan scoring the 0 - 1 goal. 27 minutes into the match, Bernie van Seggelen came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. Dag's Bernie van Seggelen demonstrated his experience by getting into a good position and being the first to react on a rebound off a savage shot that could only be parried by the opposing goalkeeper. His goal 30 minutes into the match made the score 0 - 2. Dag's players now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. An amazing free kick flew past the home side keeper 36 minutes into the match, putting Dag ahead with the 0 - 3 goal. Carl Rönngård was the scorer. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 3. Dag enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.

Sonny Martens was, after 53 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but home side's keeper Vladyslav Fenin made the save. The bench was restless, and in the 60th minute Aristocats's coach gave David Reynaud the opportunity the player had been hoping for. Karol Zawiślański reluctantly left the field. The visitors added to their lead 67 minutes into the game, after a sensational penalty kick by Dag's Carl Rönngård slid just past the home keeper. 0 - 4. Many in the crowd felt the referee was being too lenient when he only showed Aristocats's Rutger van Heel a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 81 minutes into the game. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Dag coach let Ignasi Mascasas replace Roman Nappu after 89 minutes. Aristocats claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

The most dominating Aristocats player was without a doubt Claus Boeter. David Reynaud was a disappointment, however. Most important Dag player was László Gyurta. Ignasi Mascasas turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 4.
Rating details
Aristocats Dag & Red
Midfield outstanding (high) brilliant (high)
Right Defence brilliant (low) formidable (very low)
Central Defence magnificent (very low) formidable (very high)
Left Defence outstanding (very high) formidable (very low)
Right Attack poor (low) outstanding (very high)
Central Attack passable (low) outstanding (very low)
Left Attack excellent (low) formidable (very high)

Indirect set pieces
Defence passable (low) formidable (very high)
Attack passable (low) formidable (very low)

Team Attitude Normal (Hidden)
Tactic Normal Normal
Tactic skill (no tactic) (no tactic)