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Arsenal A.C. - Gargoyles 2 - 4
Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Highbury saw a crowd turnout of 43988. AAC had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Kaszuba - Meijers, Flaherty, Nilsson - Lyhing, Davidsson, Balodis Matesanz, Ritter, Åhnen - Maynard, Håkansson.
Gargoyles had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. Lineup: Kullenhult - Morgansson, Di Palma, Blackburn - El-Nabil, Slyngen, Michelsson, Ekmo - Jackson, bin Selamat, Ball.
Roger Blackburn seemed to be floating in the air at will as he elegantly headed in 0-1. The previous Gargoyles corner kick was executed by Bryce Jackson. The away team´s Karl Ekmo took advantage of a mistake to the home side´s right in the 6:th minute increasing Gargoyles´s lead to 0 - 2. The structure of the game started to change as Gargoyles decided to pull back and meet their opponents in the defensive zone. A marvelous AAC effort to the right resulted in a 11th minute goal by Jasone Balodis Matesanz, putting the score up to 1 - 2. 18 minutes into the game Eugene Flaherty had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came Kristian Skak. The teams went for a half-time break at 1 - 2. AAC, bringing the final ball possession rate to 61 percent, dominated the battle.
Darrick Ritter put his head to a well placed ball lifted in from the left and scored the 2 - 2 goal in the 56:th minute. Lars Lyhing of AAC received a yellow card in the 63rd minute for unsportsmanlike behaviour. After 63 minutes Gargoyless Bryce Jackson made his way through the middle, putting the visitors up 2 - 3. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Gargoyles´s Albert A. Morgansson got himself booked. In the 69:th minute Gargoyless Eigil Slyngen received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The referee signalled a penalty in the 72nd minute following an offence just inside of the box. Bryce Jackson knocked home 2 - 4 just out of reach for the goaltender. AAC held the ball, with a clear 59 percent possession rate.
The most dominating AAC player was without a doubt Lars Håkansson. Kristian Skak on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Gargoyles player was without a doubt Torbjörn Kullenhult. Vicente Di Palma on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 4
Arsenal A.C.
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: excellent
Right Side Defence: brilliant
Central Defence: brilliant
Left Side Defence: brilliant
Right Side Attack: excellent
Central Attack: formidable
Left Side Attack: excellent
Gargoyles
Player rating and Team formation
Midfield: inadequate
Right Side Defence: magnificent
Central Defence: outstanding
Left Side Defence: formidable
Right Side Attack: outstanding
Central Attack: brilliant
Left Side Attack: formidable
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