Dragomelj 2 - 3 Gennaro (367041035)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 44894 at Športni park Dragomelj today. Derek van der Stoop was the appointed referee. Dragomelj decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. The following players had been chosen: Jereb - Nerad, Hrovat - Tereso, Sanchez, Železen, Fétiveau, Pucihar - Kuba, Crnčević, Volovlek.

Gennaro tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Espasens - Issa, Schaafsma, Heespen - Degenaars, De Greyt, Elstrøm, Markwardt, Pisarczyk - Descheiver, van Heeze.

Down the middle came B. Descheiver, making a fantastic play that nearly had Gennaro take the lead after 7 minutes, but T. Jereb preserved the tie. After a fine move down the middle B. Pucihar nearly gave the home side a goal after 15 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. With 16 minutes played, A. Markwardt of Gennaro fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Dragomelj broke through on the left 19 minutes into the game, with S. Volovlek firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead. Dragomelj's B. Pucihar was shown a yellow card after 28 minutes for slicing down an opponent. After 30 minutes, the visitors levelled the scores after W. Pisarczyk made it through the middle and struck home to make it 1 - 1. 1 - 1 was the score after the first half. Gennaro claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

T. Jereb looked great 49 minutes into the match after stopping a shot from the middle of the penalty area from the visitors' R. Schaafsma. 56 minutes into the game, T. van Heeze almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. The home side put themselves ahead 2 - 1 after 58 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from M. Kuba, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. Gennaro tied it all up, 74 minutes in, after a spectacular goal by A. Degenaars, who miraculously broke through the home side's central defence, making it 2 - 2. Gennaro's W. Pisarczyk managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 75 minutes. 2 - 3. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Gennaro, with 61 percent of the ball.

Dragomelj's best player was S. Volovlek. B. Pucihar turned in a dismal performance, however. A. Markwardt performed admirably for Gennaro. On the other hand, M. Issa's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 3.