Urko 1 - 0 Kočevje (367042963)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 30330 at Nk Urko Arena today. Rajko Vitakić was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Nave Zadok and Felipe Gutiérrez. Urko tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Grafl - Albarracín, bin Japperi, Cronborg - Griguol, Santelli, Borges, Candaş, Cholet - Bragstad, Monhait.

Kočevje had chosen a strategic 4-3-3 formation. The following players took the field: Bierl - Perkat, Paravagna, Lagutenko, Drljepan - Backx, Larocque, Kullenin - dos Anjos, Henriksson, Törnling.

The referee showed Urko's G. Santelli the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave B. Lagutenko from Kočevje a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 12 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Urko fans held their breath as G. Santelli scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! Á. Borges could have put Urko up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 27 minutes. A late sliding challenge from G. Santelli was deemed to be his second yellow card offence by the referee, resulting in him being sent off, and Urko left a man down. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to Urko, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

With 81 minutes played, J. Bragstad could have brought this one home for Urko as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. Urko claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

Urko's best player was M. Cholet. On the other hand, H. Candaş's play was disheartening. F. Törnling performed admirably for Kočevje. T. Perkat on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 0.