brezimena 3 - 3 nore (367038663)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 36143 to brezimena Arena. Stefan Gustavsson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Fernand Manfait and Esa Tuupanen. brezimena started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Roncato - Tschudi, Albrecht, Klamm - Perše, Kokot, Čuk, Simšič, van Diest - Svěchota, Vrzić.

nore tactics involved an interesting 5-3-2 combination. The following players took the field: Pohleven - Gartnar, Vombergar, Di Vaio, Plaznik, Mikiš - Nahtigal, Jermaniš, Topaz - Tanjič, Tekavčič.

brezimena clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of nore. The coach of nore wanted to try to change things around after 2 minutes, and gave new tactical instructions. They were singing the praises of F. Vrzić 5 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to brezimena. With clinical precision, the cross from winger M. Topaz found its way to V. Tekavčič's head, and a screaming header gave nore the goal after 28 minutes played. 1 - 1 nore's D. Vombergar gave the visitors a 1 - 2 lead after 31 minutes with a superb strike from the right. After 32 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as nore found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to solid. After 33 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave M. Gartnar a chance to increase the lead for nore, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 1 - 3. The home side worked their way through the middle and almost got one back when R. Čuk tried to sneak the ball past the keeper. T. Pohleven was too alert for that! brezimena were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. brezimena's N. Tschudi was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 41 minutes. After 42 minutes a very unfortunate collision in the penalty area led to nore's D. Vombergar being carried off the pitch and replaced by O. Acosta. O. Acosta really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal following a great play by A. Di Vaio after a corner. brezimena's F. Vrzić refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 43 minutes. 1 - 3 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by brezimena, with 64 percent of the ball.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that nore had excellent organisation. brezimena's H. van Diest got the home crowd going when he finished off a left wing charge, reducing the away team's lead to 2 - 3. Some fine passing in the middle of the pitch, carving open the away defence, should have led to a goal for brezimena, but F. Vrzić's shot went over the bar. nore's counterattacks created a good chance for M. Topaz on the right after 67 minutes, but he could only look on with dismay as his strike rebounded off the crossbar. The corner kick from I. Klamm was powerfully met by the head of F. Vrzić to make the score 3 - 3. 77 minutes into the game, nore had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to solid. With 80 minutes gone, A. Mikiš suddenly found himself completely free on the right wing when a counterattack by nore caught their opponents by surprise. Only a great save by the opposing keeper prevented him from scoring. brezimena claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 62 percent.

brezimena's top performer was clearly J. Kokot. However, H. van Diest made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating nore player was without a doubt V. Tekavčič. O. Acosta on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 3.