lukas 2 - 4 Pomorze (371866457)

Clouds darkened the skies at lukas arena as 33057 spectators turned up for the match. Emílio Proença was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sławomir Badełek and Bastian Gillner. lukas started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players took the field: Rizzello - Timmermans, Carollo, Vöhrum - Rudzik, Rötkönen, Røyset, Burgmanis - Strużyna, Pagura, Pastor León.

Pomorze had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Beger - Yetiş, Job, Sterrenburg - Steinbrückner, Garnaud, Kordylewicz, Iwaniak, Walzel - Ansonen, Syvänen.

lukas clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. Pomorze were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. After a fine move down the middle S. Vöhrum nearly gave the home side a goal after 18 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. The crowd gasped as Ł. Strużyna of lukas was flattened by an opponent after 25 minutes and had to be carried off. A. Koba came in off the bench. After 26 minutes, Pomorze's M. Walzel made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. With 29 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed M. Syvänen of Pomorze to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 2. 31 minutes in, Pomorze's N. Steinbrückner received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. A misunderstanding between the visitors' keeper D. Beger and his left defence could have resulted in a goal for lukas, but P. Rötkönen's finish was way too lame. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 2. Pomorze enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

lukas reduced the lead to 1 - 2 with 59 minutes on the clock when P. Rötkönen got the best of a ball floated in from the left. Pomorze were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. 63 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 1 - 3 as J. Kordylewicz finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Pomorze increased their lead after 67 minutes when Z. Iwaniak broke through on the right, upping the score to 1 - 4, much to the home crowd's dismay. lukas's S. Timmermans got the home crowd going when he finished off a left wing charge, reducing the away team's lead to 2 - 4. J. Kordylewicz was, after 69 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper P. Rizzello made the save. The bench was restless, and with 75 minutes passed lukas's coach gave G. Dzietczyk the opportunity the player had been hoping for. K. Røyset reluctantly left the field. With 75 minutes played, the lukas coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. A. Kłaput came on, B. Rudzik had to leave the fray. Possession in this half belonged to Pomorze, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

The most dominating lukas player was without a doubt W. Pagura. S. Timmermans on the other hand, had a terrible day. T. Ansonen performed admirably for Pomorze. R. Sterrenburg was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 4.