Fénix 4 - 0 Prostějov (365905336)

Dark skies made the crowd of 33965 at Resurrection Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Igor Hvala was the appointed referee with assistance provided by John Isakov and Edward Albertolli. Fénix tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. Lineup: Matějka - Jahodka, Müştak, Vosecký, Głowaczewski - Velho, Campbell, Lang, Şofroni, Arsène - Pulleiro.

Prostějov decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Okkas - Liverani, Polovina, Faron - Paulsson, Bruynseels, Čacký, Schröder, Zahradníček - Suchorowski, Kaderka.

Fénix saw most attack opportunities on the wings. D. Vosecký gave Fénix the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Fénix to 2 - 0 as M. Velho finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. Attacking on the wings was the choice for Fénix, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. With 27 minutes played, Fénix put themselves up 3 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to G. Arsène, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Fénix lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. It was 3 - 0 at the break. Fénix had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

Fénix made it 4 - 0 as M. Jahodka got a touch to the floated corner kick and flicked the ball to W. Głowaczewski who whipped a low drive in off the far post. The crowd gasped as V. Lang of Fénix was flattened by an opponent after 87 minutes and had to be carried off. M. Kipke came in off the bench. A. Campbell had a fantastic opportunity to put Fénix up another goal 87 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Prostějov, with 52 percent of the ball.

Fénix's best player was A. Pulleiro. L. Matějka turned in a dismal performance, however. Prostějov's top performer was clearly D. Čacký. A. Suchorowski on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 0.