C.O.R. 0 - 1 BUBAS (370815884)

A scorching day at Arena C.O.R., where 11648 spectators were in place for today's match. Pęcisław Najda was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rafael Pereira and Erik Brown. C.O.R. started off with a 5-3-2 lineup. They fielded: Faria - Umbricht, De Bolle, Cienkusz, Storm Jensen, Koza - Tuomari, Štarha, Heidinger - Arzilli, Barbu.

BUBAS had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Bălănescu - Găzdac, Marklund, Faron - González, Columbano, Caputo, Gavart, van der Zee - Lejiņš, Vicente.

For their match strategy, C.O.R. had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. The wings were the focus of most of BUBAS's attacks today. N. Marklund enjoyed the sunshine and demonstrated his stunning technique over and over again. Coming in from the right, C.O.R. had a good opportunity to convert on a counterattack after 16 minutes, but J. Tuomari's attempt to finish was easily stopped. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, N. Marklund got himself booked. The manager of BUBAS was not happy. Halftime score was 0 - 0. BUBAS enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 66 percent of possession.

BUBAS's R. van der Zee was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 68 minutes. 76 minutes into the match, BUBAS nearly took the lead, as M. Lejiņš broke through on the right. P. Faria made the save, however. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave E. Caputo from BUBAS a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 79 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 88 minutes into the match, and N. Marklund wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 0 - 1 for the visitors. BUBAS claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 73 percent.

The most dominating C.O.R. player was without a doubt D. Arzilli. On the other hand, Z. Štarha's play was disheartening. A. Columbano performed admirably for BUBAS. A. Bălănescu was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 1.