BUCKSTON 5 - 0 TPAKTOP (367115318)

37250 spectators had come to Motopista this cloudy day. Petre Rotaru was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ohad Limor and Rafael Costa. BUCKSTON decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Parushev - Apáti, Nicholas, Terziev - Bonadona, Katidis, Stubenrauch, Fluegel, Barbier - Grygier, Spasov.

TPAKTOP tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. They fielded: Dueñas - Madzhurov, Ferreira, Gevrenov - Milanov, Shefer, Van De Lanotte, Castelli - Tashev, Paczuski, Milanov.

TPAKTOP were relying on their ability to counter-attack. After 2 minutes of play, V. Katidis gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. V. Madzhurov of TPAKTOP was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. BUCKSTON's N. Spasov increased the lead to 2 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 17 minutes. By now, the players in BUCKSTON felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. After 25 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by N. Spasov might have resulted in another goal for BUCKSTON. However, C. Dueñas made a spectacular save. TPAKTOP mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 26 minutes, but A. Shefer was unable to convert from short range. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of BUCKSTON to 3 - 0 as P. Grygier finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. The BUCKSTON players could smell victory in the air. I. Nicholas wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for A. Nuolf after 40 minutes. A. Nuolf became the new BUCKSTON captain. Halftime score was 3 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to BUCKSTON, who controlled the ball 77 percent of the time.

With 67 minutes played, BUCKSTON's N. Spasov almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in BUCKSTON's N. Spasov increasing the lead to 4 - 0. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, TPAKTOP's A. Shefer was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 70 minutes. M. Infrangibilis was given a chance to change things around. P. Grygier should probably have put his team up another goal after 81 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by C. Dueñas kept the visitors in the game. G. Dishliyski was called on to replace TPAKTOP's V. Madzhurov after 83 minutes following a nasty collision. With 85 minutes played, the TPAKTOP coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. C. Salim came on, R. Paczuski had to leave the fray. Cheers filled the stadium as A. Barbier broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 5 - 0 to BUCKSTON. BUCKSTON had most of the ball, with 77 percent of possession.

N. Spasov performed admirably for BUCKSTON. However, A. Nuolf made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating TPAKTOP player was without a doubt D. Milanov. On the other hand, E. Castelli's play was disheartening. The match ends 5 - 0.