FISHERMAN 9 - 0 Sporting (371785812)

A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 34745 to LAKE PORT Arena. Bobo Carstensen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gal Narkis and Marcus Gräbnitz. FISHERMAN tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Menes - Pawelski, Syguła, Lutomski - Bożęcki, Borowicz, Ośka, Hermosa, Czochra - Kusior, Pytel.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Sporting. The following players had been chosen: John - Rusak, Dybek, Lambers, Bertok - Khlystov, Åkeren, Van der Veken, Powalisz, Bączkowski - Kuśnierczyk.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Sporting. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to R. Pytel, but the FISHERMAN player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! With 16 minutes played, FISHERMAN's T. Czochra almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. The suddenness of the FISHERMAN's R. Ośka's pass to J. Kusior after 21 minutes caught the opposition wrong-footed, and they could only watch as the ball sailed home for 2 - 0. FISHERMAN solidified their lead at the 24 minute mark, as J. Kusior dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 3 - 0. 33 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as T. Czochra broke through, making the score 4 - 0 for FISHERMAN. FISHERMAN increased the lead as K. Pawelski struck to make the score 5 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. Confident in their lead, FISHERMAN's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. It was 5 - 0 at the break. FISHERMAN enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 70 percent of possession.

After 50 minutes, R. Bożęcki put FISHERMAN ahead 6 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. FISHERMAN's T. Czochra saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 60 minutes. FISHERMAN's E. Hermosa had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 73 minutes having been played. F. Montiel was the replacement. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of FISHERMAN to 7 - 0 as R. Ośka finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. After 84 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and K. Syguła gave the FISHERMAN supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 8 - 0. Usually a powerful player on the field, F. Bertok looked kind of pale and tired under the hot sun. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. R. Ośka squirmed through their central defence after 86 minutes, increasing the lead to 9 - 0. FISHERMAN had most of the ball, with 74 percent of possession.

The most dominating FISHERMAN player was without a doubt R. Ośka. On the other hand, T. Czochra's play was disheartening. M. Powalisz performed admirably for Sporting. A. Lambers turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 9 - 0.