Eye 2 - 0 Tg-Ocna (365315501)

28520 spectators had come to Eagles Sky this cloudy day. Binyamin Ben-Zion was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Branimir Hunjadi and Michael Clarke. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Eye. The following players took the field: Flierl - Baratta, Reina, Dyren - Giugliano, Stãnculescu, Pistarà, Huenniger, Lonfernini - Winkelmayr, Nordhagen.

Tg-Ocna started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Comyn - Kruse, Guldager, Jalink - Benquet, Ružička, Combaud, Rajnert, Roels - Sá Jesus, Torre.

Eye mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. Tg-Ocna saw most attack opportunities on the wings. 10 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Eye to take the lead after a good cross from the right found K. Nordhagen alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. 11 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Eye was V. Winkelmayr. Tg-Ocna's I. Ružička got himself booked for a foul. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for Eye, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. L. Giugliano had a fantastic opportunity to put Eye up another goal 32 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. 1 - 0 was the score after the first half. Eye enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 64 percent of possession.

Things were deteriorating for the away team as Eye scored another to make it 2 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for G. Reina after 60 minutes. By now, the players in Eye felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Against a lesser team, Tg-Ocna could very well have succeeded with their smart indirect free kick routine after 84 minutes. A trio of passes took the ball all the way past the defenders, but by then the intended recipient was already blocked off and the keeper could make a leisurely save. M. Baratta of Eye was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. With 87 minutes played, A. Combaud had a fantastic opportunity to reply but his shot flew harmlessly into the side-netting of the goal. This part of the game was a standoff between the teams in terms of possession.

Eye's top performer was clearly M. Baratta. F. Flierl was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Tg-Ocna player was without a doubt I. Ružička. On the other hand, E. Guldager's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 0.