filipopulis 3 - 0 POLOMIE (377502266)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Temple of the kings saw a crowd turnout of 37985. Tomislav Stilinović was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Xaver Ridderhoff and Aage Fredgaard. filipopulis tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Daskalov - Boselli, Ramírez, Handberg - Matzios, Almogrote, Vergnolle, Turenhout, Penchev - Todorov, Codina.

POLOMIE decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. The following players had been chosen: Petev - Czank, Chergov, Takó, Gansempan - Kostadinov, Yanushev, Eggan, Rangelov, Primdzhanov - Pieren.

For their match strategy, filipopulis had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. M. Codina gave filipopulis the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 filipopulis's M. Codina increased the lead to 2 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 32 minutes. It was 2 - 0 at the break. Neither team was controlling the possession at this point in the match, with the stats showing a 50:50 split.

filipopulis managed to extend their lead to 3 - 0 when A. Todorov cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. POLOMIE kept trying to force their way through on the right side and V. Rangelov got his chance after 78 minutes, but the home side's defence held their position and stopped the attack. A. Matzios wanted to play on, but the filipopulis coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 79 minutes into the game by Ş. Özarı. Coming in on the left, Y. Chergov did everything right to get a goal for POLOMIE after 81 minutes, but his finishing shot was stabbed clear by the keeper. The coach of filipopulis was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 83 minutes, V. Nenchev came on for J. Vergnolle. POLOMIE claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

filipopulis's top performer was clearly A. Todorov. Ş. Özarı on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important POLOMIE player was R. Pieren. D. Petev was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 0.