Contownia 5 - 1 JazzHands (378058713)

The 2775 spectators at Sen o Warszawie were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Angelomaria Quaranta was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Marinko Djorovic and Abel Roldán. Contownia decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. The following players had been chosen: Kołodziej - Ryszka, Strandbeck, Bannink - Bączyk, Trześniewski, Kozodoy, O'Sullivan - Brinker, Tieman, Heiss.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for JazzHands. The following players took the field: Bjerg - Berliński, Vlársky, Raschetti - Bologni, Hofstaetter-Probst, Ienco, Fonseca, Kruse - Hedegaard, Gustavsson.

Contownia saw most attack opportunities on the wings. The wings were the focus of most of JazzHands's attacks today. Attacking on the wings was the choice for JazzHands, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 8 minutes into the match left JazzHands's E. Kruse completely free to score. 0 - 1 for the visitors. R. Tieman charged down the left and had a wonderful opportunity to score the equaliser for Contownia, but the shot went well wide of the goal. After 43 minutes, M. Brinker made a dash down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the goal that made it 1 - 1. The referee showed Contownia's A. Ryszka the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Players in Contownia heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. With 44 minutes played A. Ryszka almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. It was 1 - 1 at the break. Contownia enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 59 percent of possession.

D. O'Sullivan wasn't much help defensively. His energy-consuming forward runs proved quite costly in the oppressive heat. 48 minutes into the game, JazzHands wanted to bring some new energy to their game. M. Gustavsson gave C. Bremthal a quick hug as he left the field. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, J. Bannink scored for Contownia putting them ahead 2 - 1, after 48 minutes. Cheers filled the stadium as D. O'Sullivan broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 1 to Contownia. J. Strandbeck looked like he could fly, as he rose high to head the ball. Unfortunately for Contownia, the ball went just barely wide. With 61 minutes played, Contownia put themselves up 4 - 1 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to J. Bannink, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. After this, you could see that the players of Contownia were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. Contownia managed to extend their lead to 5 - 1 when E. Trześniewski cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. C. Ienco could've grabbed a goal for JazzHands 76 minutes in when he got a pass from the left putting him free of the home side's defence, but he was unable to take advantage of the situation. Coming in from the right, Contownia had a good opportunity to convert on a counterattack after 77 minutes, but A. Ryszka's attempt to finish was easily stopped. M. Brinker could have increased the lead after 80 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. Possession in this half belonged to Contownia, who controlled the ball 58 percent of the time.

Most important Contownia player was D. O'Sullivan. P. Bączyk turned in a dismal performance, however. JazzHands's best player was E. Kruse. However, F. Fonseca made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 5 - 1.