Liberec 5 - 0 South (379204396)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 2666 to Regent Park. Tache Bordei was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Kévin Alexandre and Douwe Mulders. Liberec started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. The following players took the field: Álvarez - Duda, Titl - Pelíšek, Flores, Maagaard, Graja, Marcusson - Guerguetiain, Halperin, Pongolini.

South had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. They fielded: Salkin Uulu - Esengür, Coelho, Ameno, Pawlaczyk, Egyed - Kovalev, Mamyshov, Aymaletdinov, Omurzakov - Ergener.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for South. R. Duda of Liberec seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 1 - 0 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by O. Graja. A. Álvarez's name was chanted throughout the stadium after he made a fantastic save from A. Ameno's shot from the left 26 minutes into the match. R. Pongolini of Liberec received a yellow card after 37 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Liberec's R. Pongolini increasing the lead to 2 - 0. J. Guerguetiain hit the corner kick straight to the keeper, but it was mishandled, giving Liberec's R. Duda an easy chance to knock it in for 3 - 0. The players of Liberec now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Coming from the right, O. Graja almost managed to score another goal for Liberec, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. After 42 minutes, the defensive line of South created a counterattack through the middle that gave A. Mamyshov a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. 3 - 0 was the halftime score. Liberec had most of the ball, with 72 percent of possession.

The referee showed Liberec's J. Guerguetiain the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. O. Pelíšek wanted to play on, but the Liberec coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 70 minutes into the game by T. Stachulec. R. Duda became the new Liberec captain. O. Graja left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 70 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. A. Lalande was the replacement. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. J. Guerguetiain squirmed through their central defence after 73 minutes, increasing the lead to 4 - 0. The home side's T. Stachulec came close to extending the lead 79 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but E. Salkin Uulu managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. South had a great opportunity to score following a counterattack after 80 minutes, but B. Kovalev's shot from the left sailed high over the bar. K. Aymaletdinov of South was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. T. Stachulec's speed was clear to see after 86 minutes, as he darted down the wing and released I. Halperin who placed the ball into the back of the net to make the score 5 - 0. Liberec claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 82 percent.

The most dominating Liberec player was without a doubt I. Titl. On the other hand, R. Marcusson's play was disheartening. South's best player was Ç. Ergener. E. Salkin Uulu on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 5 - 0.