Imperial 3 - 1 Strzelecka (371736647)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 62522 to Imperial Utd Arena. Paulo Jorge Peneda was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jesús Cobo del Rosal and Roland Zagulski. Imperial tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. Starters: Peled - Flandre, Kuznowicz, Morin - Drogoś, Rossi, Granja, Pupa - Olivais, Žaja, Gorzawski.

A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Strzelecka. They fielded: 启亮 (Qiliang) - Svensson, Sułek, Sznaucner, Noora, Engelhorn - Zagozdon, Czacharowski, Stelmach, Załóg - Buurman.

Pressing was the tactic of the day for Strzelecka. Proving his experience, R. Olivais scored 1 - 0 for Imperial after putting some pressure on the opposing defence at a critical moment. Imperial's G. Flandre had an excellent opportunity after 22 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! K. Gorzawski should probably have put his team up another goal after 24 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by 刘. 启亮 (Qiliang) kept the visitors in the game. 30 minutes into the match Strzelecka's T. Noora viciously shoved another player from behind while going for a loose ball and was sent off the pitch with a red card. Imperial put themselves up 2 - 0 when K. Gorzawski broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. Strzelecka's N. Buurman had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 39 minutes having been played. F. Gralath was the replacement. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 0. Imperial enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 64 percent of possession.

69 minutes into the match, K. Gorzawski could have extended the lead, but his powerful free kick went just over the bar. Coming from the right, J. Rossi almost managed to score another goal for Imperial, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. The corner kick from K. Engelhorn was powerfully met by the head of K. Svensson to make the score 2 - 1. After 81 minutes, O. Morin put Imperial ahead 3 - 1 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Imperial, with 64 percent of the ball.

Imperial's top performer was clearly K. Gorzawski. However, M. Kuznowicz made a disastrous appearance. A. Czacharowski performed admirably for Strzelecka. On the other hand, K. Engelhorn's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 1.