It was an Away game for I. Land but they were on their yellow kit
The centre pass was given to I. Land .
The match began with Samba passing to Michael . In I. Land's gameplay , the plan was for Samba to act as a "False 9 " while Jolar , Shroder and Michael to act on the attack .
Michael passed to Samba whom started sprinting backwards to pass to Alexis ( CMF ) . Alexis passed to Samba again , whom arrived at his (Alexis' ) right .
Cradle City's offense were drawing close towards I. Land's defense line . Samba drew as far back as to defense , distributing passes through all 4 defenders . Lexar( DMF ) started moving , looking for space and when he got it , he signalled Samba . By then , Cradle City's offense were already pressing on I. Land's defense line .
Samba's plan was now in motion : By drawing Cradle City's offense , he'll open a gap for a quick counter . Immediately , he sent an overhead pass to Lexar .
Lexar trapped the ball , passing to Alexis on his left . Utilizing Shroter's speed , Alexis gave him a quick through pass .
Shroder by-passed his marker by cutting out-in back into the penalty box then crossing in . The ball went pass Cradle City's RCB and in the shadows brought forth Michael .
"He's exceptional in utilizing others blind spot . He's very much capable of finding small spaces between players ", Neto thought .
Michael took the shot to the right top corner but Cradle City's GK punched the ball and Shroder headed the ball into the post . GOAALLL !!!!!
Match score : 0 - 1 ( Shroder 2' )
"Listen , in as much as we are champions elect , we can still bang in a few goals ", Ricario , Cradle City's CF said .
The centre pass was made to Richard , Cradle City's LM . He paced up to be opposed by Alexis . He passed it to Ranbir , Cradle City's MF . He passed back to Cradle's defense line and the ball was released straight at Ricario . He trapped the ball , passing to Ranbir on his left . He then released a cross with his left leg to another Cradle City MF , whom headed the ball but it was spiked up by Dogo . Before one of Cradle's MF could head it , Dogo held it .
"Hold on , since when was Dogo a GK ? Oh ! When we played in the tryouts , our last game . He played well as a GK ", Neto noticed .
Dogo threw in the ball for Leiser . Leiser ran in and passed it to Alexis on his right . Before Alexis could settle with the ball , he was tackled by one of Cradle's DMF
He passed to their RM . He ran in using a 'switch feet" move to by pass Leiser then he shot at post but Rico deflected and cleared it in .
It was headed by Ranbir at centre line towards one of his MF . He made 3 'one-two' touch passes with Ranbir before he released it in for Ricario .
Ricario fake-kicked Rico , did the same move to Thrist ."Watch that guy ", Neto noticed . Ranbir was immediately right of Ricario in the penalty box and he passed it to Ricario who shot , but deflecting at bar , Lexar used over head kick to clear the ball .
The ball arrived at Samba's heel . Instead of running with the counter , Samba stopped the ball , started walking for a while , then sent a through for Jolar . The ball was heading out of the pitch from the goal line before Jolar controlled it . "Finally , I've touched the ball ". He was already being marked by one of Cradle's CB . Regaining balance , he dragged the ball backwards and pushing it to his right , he pushed the ball forward .
He crossed the ball on getting to the it but the cross was way above target and the ball went out . It was a goal kick for Cradle City . Without delay , the kick was made towards Ranbir , who gave a long cross to Ricario . Ricario , without trapping the ball , took a one-time attempt to the fans .
The goal kick was a pass to Rico . Rico passed to Leiser , whom passed to Alexis , then to Samba .
Samba pushed the ball , walking , "Phew , it's been a while ". Ranbir rushed to tackle him , but he controlled the ball to nutmeg him . He paced down using cut moves to dispatch.
Cradle players before passing to his right to Alexis . Alexis soon swiped a loft pass to Shroder .
Running ahead of him , Shroder passed to Alexis . The magic began from there . Their incredible 'one-two' touch passes . They were literally dividing and opening through Cradle's formation . On the last pass to Shroder , he was about to be tackled . He faked the pass , giving his opponent a nutmeg , then giving a 'trivela' pass in .
Samba jumped , heading the ball , but it hit the bar and was deflected to be tapped back in by Jolar into the post.
Match score : 0 - 2 ( 38')
"Finally , my own goal . I've been waiting so long ", Jolar relieved , sliding across Cradle's right corner arc , celebrating to the fans .