lokomotiv 1 - 4 TechnoTeam (238234733)

A scorching day at Hell Superdome, where 12699 spectators were in place for today's match. Jose Oliva was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Kamil Radzik and Adán Zamora. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for lokomotiv. Lineup: Weinbach - Ivanovici, Kolat, Echols - Moder, Pezo, Fusco, Wamsteeker, Seclì - Combeller, Ciornei.

TechnoTeam tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Marinho - Kesäläinen, Porath, Elía - Lien, Mellaerts, Pohndorff, Nogueira, Bölsterli - Barruffi, Peralta.

M. Pezo's technique was perfect on this sunny day and led to some breathtaking tricks that bamboozled the defence. lokomotiv were very close to putting themselves one up after 22 minutes as W. Moder got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. The guests took the lead 22 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in M. Barruffi scoring to make it 0 - 1. 23 minutes in, TechnoTeam's H. Porath received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. In a fantastic display of determination, lokomotiv's J. Wamsteeker forced himself to his feet, after an opponent viciously knocked him down. A. Combeller made a superb strike after 31 minutes with a shot straight in front of the goal after a long ball through the middle, but one of the visitors' defenders got a foot in at the last second and warded it off for a corner. lokomotiv's J. Wamsteeker made a successful breakthrough on the left after 36 minutes and should have levelled the score, but instead he clipped it over the bar. TechnoTeam earned themselves a free kick after a counterattack wasn't dealt with adequately by their opponents. D. Mellaerts powered the shot in for 0 - 2. The referee showed lokomotiv's J. Wamsteeker the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 0 - 2 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to lokomotiv, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

The home crowd were delighted when M. Echols scored with a header after an attack from the right, making the score 1 - 2. But did he use his hand? That'll be one for the pundits to talk about after the game, that's for sure! After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, W. Moder got himself booked. The manager of lokomotiv was not happy. S. Elía neatly controlled the ball after a short corner, and knocked it on to H. Porath who had the whole net open before him, but only managed to hit the post. lokomotiv's L. Fusco made an attempt at equalising 63 minutes into the match, coming in from the right, but the ball hit the post and the defence easily cleared the rebound. A. Kesäläinen stunned the crowd with a brilliant counterattack from the left, giving TechnoTeam the goal to make it 1 - 3. A misunderstanding between the visitors' keeper L. Marinho and his left defence could have resulted in a goal for lokomotiv, but M. Ciornei's finish was way too lame. As M. Pezo had, completely unprovoked, swept the legs out from under an opponent in front of a linesman, the referee gave the lokomotiv player a red card without batting an eyelid. With 79 minutes played, A. Combeller was very close to reducing the score for lokomotiv with a low drive from the left, but a defender stuck his foot out just in the nick of time, blocking the shot to a corner. A drive down the left side allowed U. Lien to get in close and score another goal for TechnoTeam after 88 minutes, taking the score to 1 - 4. TechnoTeam claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

A. Combeller performed admirably for lokomotiv. On the other hand, J. Kolat's play was disheartening. TechnoTeam's best player was B. Bölsterli. H. Porath on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 4.