LUKY 5 - 1 Dragon (368245488)

45202 spectators had come to City of Blinding Lights this cloudy day. Nico Velghe was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jørn Pinstrup and David Delettre. Everyone was excited about the upcoming Bratislavský derby and the crowd was divided evenly. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for LUKY. Lineup: Trčka - Leijon, Chefetz, Grijalva - Obediar, Vendrický, Tranžík, Májik, Vavro - Podhájecký, Basso.

Dragon had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Starters: Fidluš - Pšenica, Soós, Prokeš, Potočiar - Kocaj, Tulipán, Ivan, Gáborík - Fencák, Kundrát.

Dragon clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. After 20 minutes of play, E. Chefetz gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. 29 minutes into the match, the speedy E. Basso easily outpaced G. Soós, chipped the keeper and made the score 2 - 0. Dragon bypassed the midfield with their counterattack, leading to a free kick goal by J. Tulipán for 2 - 1. Dragon were pushed back, and had many dangerous counterattacks. An impressive one came 40 minutes into the match, but J. Tulipán narrowly missed the free kick attempt that was awarded as a result of a foul. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. M. Vavro squirmed through their central defence after 41 minutes, increasing the lead to 3 - 1. Halftime score was 3 - 1. LUKY claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 68 percent.

LUKY increased the lead as M. Vavro struck to make the score 4 - 1 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. With 82 minutes played, LUKY put themselves up 5 - 1 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to F. Grijalva, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. LUKY had most of the ball, with 72 percent of possession.

Most important LUKY player was E. Basso. On the other hand, R. Trčka's play was disheartening. Dragon's best player was M. Gáborík. D. Fencák on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 5 - 1.