dictator 2 - 4 Master (364382336)

Clear skies welcomed the 4068 spectators who had made their way to Dictator Area. Constantin Dobrea was the appointed referee. dictator tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. The following players took the field: Lebrun - Jarski, Zuloaga - Batista, Pevere, Urun, Korać, Martínez Polo - Çağdaş, Kissinger, Verlinde.

Master had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Starters: Swärdgård - Glass, Torneiro, Lorente, Spirovski - Ball, Skalskis, Oruk, Sistonen - Plenk, Wortel.

Master seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Master's J. Ball had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 16 minutes having been played. S. Keiner was the replacement. T. Plenk was the new captain of Master - handed the armband by the departing player. Master took the lead after 26 minutes making the score 0 - 1. U. Glass placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. T. Verlinde of dictator was able to make an impressive rush past the sluggish A. Torneiro, which resulted in a goal making the score 1 - 1. Master players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. Down the middle came L. Spirovski, making a fantastic play that nearly had Master take the lead after 38 minutes, but R. Lebrun preserved the tie. 1 - 1 was the halftime score. Master had most of the ball, with 67 percent of possession.

Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 53 minutes into the match left Master's J. Sistonen completely free to score. 1 - 2 for the visitors. 58 minutes into the match, dictator's T. Verlinde demonstrated his famed speed as he raced past his marker and passed the ball to V. Kissinger who chipped it in for 2 - 2. Master were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. The visiting S. Keiner was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 65 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 2 - 3 was the score. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for Master, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. The visitors' H. Oruk took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 76 minutes into the match. 2 - 4 for Master. The home crowd cheered when, after 77 minutes, T. Plenk's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, G. Skalskis would have put Master up another goal 81 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. Master enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 71 percent of possession.

V. Kissinger performed admirably for dictator. On the other hand, F. Jarski's play was disheartening. Master's best player was H. Oruk. L. Spirovski was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 4.