hibernian 1 - 3 Cronchester (318010436)

16329 spectators had found their way to SERRES ARENA, despite the heavy rain. Jordan van Barneveld was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Josué Fernández-Savater and Fabian Wurm. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for hibernian. They fielded: Chesneau - Leijonbratt, Săndulache, 凯山 (Kaishan) - Kalokerinos, Ceballos, Moussion, Kiprich, Portoulas - Dale, Daschill.

Cronchester had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Repakis - Zacharis, Barboza, Gaydardzhi - Baussart, Oriola, Luzon, Ignaciuk, Mollica - Labbé, Barten.

hibernian displayed their ability to play creatively. 鲍. 凯山 (Kaishan) spent most of the time in a heap on the ground today, his normally rapid movement hindered by the slippery pitch. After 16 minutes, A. Daschill came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving hibernian the lead. Cronchester's E. Luzon refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 31 minutes. The visitors kept the pressure on to tie the game when, after 32 minutes, S. Labbé broke through the centre and found himself alone with the keeper. M. Chesneau made a great block, though. M. Oriola tied the game at 1 - 1 after 36 minutes, when he converted an incredible pass from the right. The referee showed hibernian's A. Daschill the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 1 - 2 was the score with 42 minutes played, after S. Labbé cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Cronchester. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 2. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Cronchester, with 59 percent of the ball.

D. Baussart made a quick rush after 55 minutes, but 鲍. 凯山 (Kaishan) had no problems keeping up the pace and stopped the attack. With 69 minutes played, E. Gaydardzhi 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. The rain made it hard for players like S. Barboza to show their technical control of the ball on this soggy day. The visitors' R. Barten took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 85 minutes into the match. 1 - 3 for Cronchester. Cronchester enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 56 percent of possession.

D. Dale performed admirably for hibernian. However, S. Kalokerinos made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Cronchester player was without a doubt E. Luzon. On the other hand, A. Repakis's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 3.