Črnomelj 0 - 11 Devils (286774752)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 16200 at Jurjevanska draga today. Jakub Sasanek was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ricardo Bustos and Wilhelm Bergmann. Črnomelj started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. They fielded: Veršnik - Mohorič, Urbanija, Močilnik, Klopčič - Krimc, Kamin, Novak, Smonker - Lavriha, Šušteršič.

Devils decided to use a 5-2-3 set up. Starters: Wagner - Roldão, Ērelis, Casablanca, Peyrat, Antonović - Saenredam, Tibi - Stănescu, Kilonzo, Torras.

Always quick and a menace to his opponents, T. Stănescu was very close to getting through after 14 minutes, but he could only put the ball into the keeper's arms. With 15 minutes played, F. Novak of Črnomelj fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. R. Ērelis gave the visitors the lead 21 minutes into the match to make it 0 - 1. The goal was scored from the penalty spot after a handball in the penalty area. D. Roldão finished off the counterattack of Devils from the left rather easily, making the score 0 - 2. The visitors' H. Kilonzo took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 33 minutes into the match. 0 - 3 for Devils. After this, you could see that the players of Devils were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. After 34 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for J. Saenredam who increased Devils's lead to 0 - 4. The referee showed Devils's A. Casablanca the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. With 41 minutes played, Devils put themselves up 0 - 5 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was T. Stănescu. T. Stănescu of Devils took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 44 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 6. It was 0 - 6 at the break. Devils claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 76 percent.

T. Stănescu wanted to play on, but the Devils coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 46 minutes into the game by M. Stephens. J. Torras left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 46 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. N. Wohlwend was the replacement. N. Wohlwend was the new captain of Devils - handed the armband by the departing player. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Devils coach let J. Stranden replace J. Saenredam after 46 minutes. After 46 minutes, the Devils players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game. The home crowd was not impressed when N. Wohlwend came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 75 minutes. Devils were now up 0 - 7. 82 minutes in, Črnomelj's D. Urbanija received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. An indecisive keeper looked on as a free kick by Devils's R. Ērelis put the visitors up 0 - 8 after 83 minutes. Devils increased their lead after 85 minutes when V. Antonović broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 9, much to the home crowd's dismay. N. Wohlwend increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 10. Some fine movement on the left led to a Devils goal after 87 minutes, making it 0 - 11. J. Stranden was noted down as the scorer. Devils enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 78 percent of possession.

Črnomelj's top performer was clearly N. Kamin. On the other hand, T. Veršnik's play was disheartening. The most dominating Devils player was without a doubt M. Stephens. J. Wagner was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 11.