NK-Varlah 6 - 1 Goonies (367043114)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 31851 at NK-Varlah Arena today. Rory Carr was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Cirilo Losada and Alaric Houze. NK-Varlah decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Zimonjić - Minieri, Legierski, Toivanen - Kašelić, Baggesen, Schneiderbauer, Sordi, Prêtre - Filipoi, Petrunichev.

Goonies tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Naessens - Pozzecco, Dias Brandão, Sánchez Ruiz - Margoni, Dybdahl, Hardy, Malmivirta, Henry - Ottensamer, Fredriksson.

NK-Varlah took the lead, 1 - 0, after a penalty 15 minutes into the match. M. Schneiderbauer scored from the penalty spot. M. Schneiderbauer could have put NK-Varlah up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 30 minutes. H. Dybdahl finished off a quick charge from the left of the field by chipping the ball just past the home side's keeper, making the score 1 - 1 37 minutes into the match. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to Goonies, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

With 52 minutes played, the excellent ball from the wing by NK-Varlah's A. Kašelić reached S. Petrunichev's head, and he is not one to miss such an opportunity - 2 - 1. 69 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as N. Filipoi broke through, making the score 3 - 1 for NK-Varlah. Cheers filled the stadium as A. Baggesen broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 4 - 1 to NK-Varlah. After 83 minutes, K. Legierski put NK-Varlah ahead 5 - 1 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. After this, you could see that the players of NK-Varlah were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. A well placed corner kick from M. Schneiderbauer was followed by S. Petrunichev's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for NK-Varlah, the score now 6 - 1. The referee showed Goonies's N. Dias Brandão the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Goonies, with 55 percent of the ball.

S. Petrunichev performed admirably for NK-Varlah. However, A. Kašelić made a disastrous appearance. Goonies's best player was A. Ottensamer. T. Naessens was a disappointment, however. The match ends 6 - 1.