Groobasy 0 - 4 Varianto (394083815)

2474 spectators had come to Grooblandia this cloudy day. Önsal Karakoca was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Christer Lindhbom and Valentin Goncalves. Groobasy decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Murguía - Hryciuk, Guerreiro Alves, Santoruvo - Barakaldo, Davidson, Eschler, Mossin, Brömel - Golba, Dąbrowicz.

A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Varianto. Lineup: Stanca - Vučetić, Toholj, Namuswa - Kaiba, Bielavský, Khomenko, Petraroli - Paci, Oger, Džoni.

Varianto clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 28 minutes allowed B. Džoni to score for Varianto. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1. After 30 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave I. Kaiba a chance to increase the lead for Varianto, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 2. S. Bielavský fired a shot from distance after 37 minutes, but the long shot couldn't find the net for Varianto. Varianto were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. The visitors' G. Paci took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 38 minutes into the match. 0 - 3 for Varianto. It was 0 - 3 at the break. Varianto had most of the ball, with 62 percent of possession.

Central attacks were the recipe of the day for Varianto, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. B. Džoni came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over S. Murguía but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. S. Bielavský increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 4. After this, you could see that the players of Varianto were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. With 75 minutes played, C. Oger nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. After 77 minutes, M. Guerreiro Alves had a good opportunity to reduce the scoreline for Groobasy with a chance created through the middle, but wasn't cool enough. The ball went miles over the bar. Varianto had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. 82 minutes into the match, A. Vučetić came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. Possession in this half belonged to Varianto, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.

Most important Groobasy player was M. Golba. F. Barakaldo turned in a dismal performance, however. Varianto's top performer was clearly G. Paci. A. Stanca was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 4.