Slavia 1 - 2 Inferno (365829576)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 55458 had shown up at Stanislava Vlčka for the match. Vítor Cameira was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Fabian Köhnke and David Wright. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Slavia. They fielded: Simion - Motte, Servienti, Gulyukin, Kasamaj - Bendjellal, Novák, Hosnedl, Ludvík - Reinders, Hynek.

Inferno decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. Starters: Camps - Torres Aragon, Ottosen, Søndberg, Korf - Woldering, Bohn, Ülevain, Karstensson, Wiebogen - Rengård.

Today, Inferno's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 11 minutes into the match, and G. Woldering wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 0 - 1 for the visitors. Players in Inferno heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. The referee showed Inferno's G. Woldering the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to Slavia, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

The Slavia coach was desperate to reverse his team's fortunes in the game, and ordered his team to change strategy. With 46 minutes played, the Slavia coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. K. Ben Yahia came on, P. Servienti had to leave the fray. Given a free kick in a difficult position after 47 minutes, Inferno tried a variation that they had practised in training. The kick was sent into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and allowed no space for a finish. G. Woldering knew he was in trouble after hacking down an opponent. Despite his pleading with the referee, the Inferno player was shown a second yellow card and dismissed from the game. The Slavia players listened closely to their manager, as he gave new tactical instructions for the team. The corner kick from K. Reinders was powerfully met by the head of A. Bendjellal to make the score 1 - 1. Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 68 minutes into the match left Inferno's M. Ülevain completely free to score. 1 - 2 for the visitors. Slavia were close to equalising with a spectacular free kick by K. Reinders after 69 minutes, but B. Camps made a great save, tipping it to a corner. N. Kasamaj made a superb strike after 76 minutes with a shot straight in front of the goal after a long ball through the middle, but one of the visitors' defenders got a foot in at the last second and warded it off for a corner. The crowd gasped as F. Rengård of Inferno was flattened by an opponent after 82 minutes and had to be carried off. H. Berg came in off the bench. Slavia claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.

Slavia's best player was M. Hynek. On the other hand, A. Bendjellal's play was disheartening. Most important Inferno player was O. Bohn. H. Berg on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 2.