HordeZla 2 - 5 Dreamteam (299104415)

34996 punters turned up at FC HordeZla Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Antônio Maia was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Tore Bjørndal and Foppe van Vlodrop. HordeZla tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Lamaire - Gerchkovich, Kuball, Bonarskis - Macdonald, Macena, Tartaglione, Martínez, Kastelic - Kumar, Bojić.

Dreamteam decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. Starters: Kordežu - Kersnik, Huotari, Kistemaker - Martín, Dubois, Beusmans, Osterman - Sulg, Jurjavčič, Bychowski.

The wings were the focus of most of HordeZla's attacks today. After 10 minutes, D. Macdonald came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving HordeZla the lead. The visiting team's L. Bychowski was able to score the 1 - 1 equaliser with a header 18 minutes into the match, after some good work on the right. The visiting A. Sulg was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 19 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 1 - 2 was the score. K. Maleševič was called on to replace HordeZla's A. Macena after 26 minutes following a nasty collision. M. Jurjavčič received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 26 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 1 - 3. The Dreamteam fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. After 29 minutes, Dreamteam's A. Sulg burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 1 - 4. Dreamteam's M. Osterman was shown a yellow card after 32 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Dreamteam's L. Bychowski made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 36 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. It was 1 - 4 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Dreamteam, who controlled the ball 62 percent of the time.

With 46 minutes played, the HordeZla coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. J. Toczki came on, E. Martínez had to leave the fray. The home side worked hard to get through the middle and as a result, had a good chance of getting one back as A. Bonarskis tried lifting the ball over keeper S. Kordežu. Unfortunately, the ball went just over the bar. The visitors' M. Jurjavčič took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 82 minutes into the match. 1 - 5 for Dreamteam. After this, you could see that the players of Dreamteam were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. HordeZla's J. Toczki got the home crowd going when he finished off a left wing charge, reducing the away team's lead to 2 - 5. The referee showed HordeZla's J. Kumar the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Dreamteam enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

HordeZla's top performer was clearly V. Bojić. M. Gerchkovich was a disappointment, however. Most important Dreamteam player was A. Sulg. On the other hand, B. Kersnik's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 5.