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Arkansas Spartans - SouthPark Cows 1 - 2





Date: 7/31/2003 at 01:00
MatchID: 9361987
Arena: Arkansas Road
Crowd: 7000


At Arkansas Road, 7000 punters turned up, and despite threatening clouds at the horizon, no rain came. Arkansas had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. They fielded: Tang - Rosado, Gisbert, Hopkins, Fagan - Tipton, Dexter, Mcconnell, Fry - Smith, Sweet.

SouthPark tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: Barfield - Cook, Hwang, An, Tewari, Cloud - Mcnutt, Crain, Dragóner, Bokfeldt - Donaldson.

SouthPark had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially in the 4:th minute when Olof Bokfeldt came up alone against Gerard Tang who managed a block. The referee showed SouthParks Dong-Sung An the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Olof Bokfeldt received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly, probably out of lack of experience, in the 40:th minute and almost caused an opponent to score. SouthPark´s Hyun-Gu Hwang could have put the guests one up in the 43rd minute, chasing a through ball but Gerard Tang was fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. SouthPark took the lead after 43 minutes with 0 - 1. Mikey Cook placed the ball out of reach for the home sides keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. The teams went for a half-time break at 0 - 1. SouthPark, bringing the final ball possession rate to 72 percent, dominated the battle.

Buda Dragóner increased the visitors lead by putting a volley shot away on a pass from the right. 0 - 2. SouthPark came close to extending their lead as Aijaz Tewari delivered a long range shot from the right but the angle was to sharp, and the shot hit the side of the goal. In the game's 69:th minute SouthPark´s Hyun-Gu Hwang limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. Arkansas's Rusty Fagan scored 1 - 2 by shooting accurately and hard from a long distance, leaving the opponent goalie no other option than to pick up the ball from the net. SouthPark held the ball, with a clear 81 percent possession rate.

The most dominating Arkansas player was without a doubt Jeffrey Dexter. Robert Sweet on the other hand, had a terrible day. SouthPark´s best player was Buda Dragóner. Olof Bokfeldt was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 2.

Arkansas Spartans
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: wretched
Right Side Defence: solid
Central Defence: passable
Left Side Defence: weak
Right Side Attack: wretched
Central Attack: wretched
Left Side Attack: wretched


SouthPark Cows
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: weak
Right Side Defence: passable
Central Defence: formidable
Left Side Defence: excellent
Right Side Attack: solid
Central Attack: weak
Left Side Attack: poor

Quite a scare... a 1 goal victory.