beltinka 0 - 3 ibor (367042280)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 35966 that came out to beltinska šuma. Robert Kuhar was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Bay Johnston and Tuure Linkova. beltinka started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Lumijärvi - Grozdanov, Bellenbaum, Calvani - Pottiau, Tison, Mottola, Péra, Espinoza - Petráček, Ferrer.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for ibor. The following players had been chosen: Sardoeira - Garis, Noriega, Oksar - Dobrosta, Neiva, Irimia, Irrigarai, Åhnin - Majczak, Moreggio.

ibor clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. It was a hot and sunny day, and several players seemed worn out. Maybe this was why M. Åhnin found an unusual amount of space for his snappy footwork. ibor took the lead after 11 minutes making the score 0 - 1. A. Irrigarai placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. 22 minutes into the game, ibor worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. T. Irimia came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over R. Lumijärvi but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. W. Majczak received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 30 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 2. The ibor fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. 0 - 2 was the score after the first half. ibor had most of the ball, with 61 percent of possession.

The fierce heat made it important to save breath, and after a few swift runs I. Ferrer found it hard to get back into position. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for ibor, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. 74 minutes into the match, W. Majczak came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. With the scoreboard showing that 84 minutes had been played, ibor nearly put themselves up another goal after D. Dobrosta came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. A drive down the left side allowed T. Irimia to get in close and score another goal for ibor after 89 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 3. After this, you could see that the players of ibor were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. 89 minutes in, beltinka's H. Pottiau received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. In a fantastic display of determination, ibor's M. Åhnin forced himself to his feet, after an opponent viciously knocked him down. ibor claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

Most important beltinka player was M. Bellenbaum. M. Mottola turned in a dismal performance, however. ibor's top performer was clearly T. Irimia. However, R. Sardoeira made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 3.