strumfovi 6 - 0 novi (336005357)

20854 punters turned up at Strumfodom, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Otto Salo was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Konstantin Leshchev and Jack Zachariassen. strumfovi started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Lineup: Randolo - Kaufmann, Pálinger, Talve, Bans - Vidojković, Klashorst, Morr, Van Den Dorpe - Kundera, Barney.

novi had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. They fielded: Dimitrijević - Stefanović, Jovanović, Grubić, Savić - Vlahović, Šarenac, Mitrović, Živadinović - Žugić, Marković.

They were singing the praises of D. Morr 2 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to strumfovi. After 4 minutes, M. Kundera put strumfovi ahead 2 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. Coming from the right, M. Kaufmann almost managed to score another goal for strumfovi, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. 33 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as M. Kundera broke through, making the score 3 - 0 for strumfovi. Confident in their lead, strumfovi's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. M. Kaufmann could have put strumfovi up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 34 minutes. 35 minutes in, novi's N. Marković received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. 3 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to strumfovi, who controlled the ball 77 percent of the time.

strumfovi's M. Kaufmann increased the lead to 4 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 57 minutes. With 58 minutes played, strumfovi put themselves up 5 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to D. Vidojković, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in strumfovi's D. Vidojković increasing the lead to 6 - 0. The strumfovi players could smell victory in the air. R. Barney wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for A. Ranera after 75 minutes. The coach of strumfovi was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 80 minutes, M. Guglielmi came on for R. Klashorst. D. Vidojković wanted to play on, but the strumfovi coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 80 minutes into the game by I. Lisicki. As the captain was no longer on the pitch, I. Lisicki took over the role of being the strumfovi captain. strumfovi enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 80 percent of possession.

Most important strumfovi player was A. Ranera. However, M. Guglielmi made a disastrous appearance. M. Mitrović performed admirably for novi. N. Marković on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 6 - 0.