CONCORD 5 - 0 DUKEs (272080113)

49600 fans braved the pouring rain at Concordia Camp. Pere Negre was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ingo Tillmann and Jauhen Haradzenski. Everyone was excited about the upcoming Skopje derby and the crowd was divided evenly. CONCORD had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Smolka - Ambrogetti, van den Brakel, Magee - Di Gennaro, Pitucha, Mulder, Dias Graça, Proevski - Amador, Trajanov.

DUKEs decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Hunter - Fernández Luarca, Galochkin, Sørensen - Reiman, Sówka, Sapunxhiu, Kotevski, Ivachic - Goren, Schmutzer.

F. Fernández Luarca did not have a good day today, often losing his footing on the muddy pitch. 9 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for CONCORD to take the lead after a good cross from the right found Z. Dias Graça alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. D. Ambrogetti really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal following a great play by T. Mulder after a corner. J. Sørensen had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. 30 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for CONCORD was T. Mulder. K. Smolka's name was chanted throughout the stadium after he made a fantastic save from G. Schmutzer's shot from the left 32 minutes into the match. CONCORD's T. Mulder increased the lead to 2 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 41 minutes. M. Pitucha of CONCORD received a yellow card after 42 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. 2 - 0 was the score after the first half. CONCORD enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.

A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of CONCORD to 3 - 0 as R. Di Gennaro finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. At this point, it was obvious that the players of CONCORD lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. CONCORD managed to extend their lead to 4 - 0 when T. Mulder cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. That made three goals for T. Mulder and he was marked down for the hat trick. CONCORD were given a gift! The ref dubiously awarded them a penalty 87 minutes into the match, which was neatly put away by R. Amador. 5 - 0 for the home side. CONCORD had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

CONCORD's best player was R. Amador. S. Proevski on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating DUKEs player was without a doubt J. Sówka. On the other hand, D. Hunter's play was disheartening. The match ends 5 - 0.