A.C.Zakk 3 - 2 DIVASS80 (366020320)

A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 29637 to Kaos Arena. Tuomas Mikkonen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Matias Holma and Geerard Verdin. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for A.C.Zakk. The following players had been chosen: Schramek - Jagodics, Ungía, Huet - Kjøller, Isca, Paasio, Škaroupka, Naumoski - Giannini, Benjamin.

DIVASS80 had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Baita - Ivarsson, Palmu, dos Santos - Štancl, La Spada, Morrone, Achhammer, de Roock - Proença, Meriniemi.

The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to M. Isca, but the A.C.Zakk player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! A. Schramek's name was chanted throughout the stadium after he made a fantastic save from Á. dos Santos's shot from the left 36 minutes into the match. 41 minutes in, DIVASS80's L. Morrone received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. A.C.Zakk were forced into a substitution as J. Paasio couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing P. Caccavale to come in off the bench. Halftime score was 1 - 0. DIVASS80 had most of the ball, with 57 percent of possession.

DIVASS80 needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 46 minutes S. de Roock made way for R. Sandu. The sun seemed to put C. Benjamin in a great mood, and he showed off his technical skills all match long. DIVASS80 managed, after 76 minutes, to even the score at 1 - 1 with a lucky free kick by T. Proença. Somehow the ball squirmed its way through the defensive wall! The coach of A.C.Zakk wanted to try to change things around after 76 minutes, and gave new tactical instructions. Priding himself in being an active coach, the A.C.Zakk manager gave new instructions to his players after 77 minutes. A.C.Zakk broke through on the left 78 minutes into the game, with C. Benjamin firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 2 - 1 lead. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave G. Ivarsson from DIVASS80 a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 80 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! After 85 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and M. Huet gave the A.C.Zakk supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 3 - 1. By now, the players in A.C.Zakk felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Á. dos Santos of DIVASS80 seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 3 - 2 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by T. Proença. 89 minutes into the game, S. Škaroupka had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came T. Molin. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by DIVASS80, with 61 percent of the ball.

Most important A.C.Zakk player was C. Benjamin. H. Kjøller was a disappointment, however. L. Morrone performed admirably for DIVASS80. P. Štancl on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 2.