Pandora 5 - 2 Brkosi (367192260)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 41539 that came out to Pandorina kutija. Raphaël Brocard was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Pekka Kuningas and Luca Natale. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Pandora. The following players took the field: Ferreros - Chubchenko, Sarnataro, Espanhol - Ávila, Francardelli, Płaszczyński, Väättänen, Zastrow - Stuparu, Kriha.

Brkosi decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Sfetcu - Assis, Kastrioti, van Tijsterkamp - Casals, Lamminen, Tsamadis, Gosselin, Höldrich - Karavitis, Wennman.

The wings were the focus of most of Brkosi's attacks today. After 15 minutes, M. Väättänen made a complete fool of himself when he presented the ball to the feet of C. Wennman who smashed it into the open goal for Brkosi. 0 - 1. The crowd roared in delight as J. Espanhol finished off a spectacular series of passes through the middle to even the score for Pandora 26 minutes into the match. 1 - 1. After 29 minutes, J. Espanhol came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 2 - 1, giving Pandora the lead. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to Pandora, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.

Pandora's W. Zastrow was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - D. Stuparu managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 3 - 1 after 47 minutes. A great save by keeper G. Sfetcu after 49 minutes kept the visitors in the game after J. Płaszczyński struck from the left with a real cannonball. Pandora's Ľ. Kriha increased the lead to 4 - 1, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 70 minutes. Ater 83 minutes P. Tsamadis seized on an opportunistic attack from the right, and scored for Brkosi making it 4 - 2. Pandora's J. Płaszczyński's long shot really ought to have found the net 84 minutes into the match, but it fell just wide of the target. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, P. Tsamadis got himself booked. The manager of Brkosi was not happy. After 88 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and D. Stuparu gave the Pandora supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 5 - 2. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Pandora, with 62 percent of the ball.

Pandora's top performer was clearly Ľ. Kriha. F. Ferreros turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Brkosi player was C. Wennman. A. Gosselin was a disappointment, however. The match ends 5 - 2.