| A beautiful summers morning and
Spartak had few cares in the world for their last league fixture of the year and
their last game at Fortress Bayer. The sun was shining, the birds were singing and
the grass was longer than a student's debt record.
Spartak again started with an attacking 3-5-2 in this game and
immediately took control. They ran the game for the first 20 minutes and had
numerous scoring chances, none of which were converted. Cosmos were restricted to
the odd effort from a set piece but after a while began to get their game going.
Spartak were looking a bit lazy and complacent, perhaps understandably and had a few
scares from open play to shake them up.
Happily
thought they did manage to score before half-time to relieve some of the pressure of
missing more scores than a blind junkie. 1-0 at half time and an uninspired if
unconcerned performance so far.
Numerous changes
were made at half time to liven things up, a 4-4-2 formation was chosen to confuse
opposition and teammates alike and Spartak set of with renewed vigor. For a minute
or two. After that it descended again to a sunday morning kickabout between two
teams who obviously had nothing to play for. Which was enjoyable. Before the end
Spartak managed to grab a second after some continued pressure and the final score
of 2-0 was a fair reflection on the game.
Spartak
were obviously spending most of this match thinking about next week's massive task
in the CDFL Cup Final. Being as they are the rank underdogs in this fixture, Spatak
have nothing to lose except pride so hopefully they will sieze the opportunity with
both hands and go for it.
Team selection will be
tough for the management after a season of amazingly high turnouts. You'd think they
were getting paid or something!
The latest news
on the match is that the BBC has pulled out or a proposed deal to screen the final
next Sunday. Apparently the fee of 20 quid and a few oranges was too high for their
sporting budget and also the fixture would have clashed with a rerun of 'When
Badgers Go Mad 4'. | 
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