Kbel 2 - 1 Piou (378779309)

A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 3914 to BENÁTKY ARENA. Hermann Schmutzer was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Loïc Auer and Eftal Sümer. Kbel tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: Reichert - Pastoors, Holaň, Řihák, Persson - Nepraš, Juhl Nielsen, Klug von Biedermann, Bejdák - Andres, Hartman.

Piou started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. They fielded: Lakamas - Vourtzoumis, Kottikas, Aunan - Mpaxevanakos, Agas, Kontoyiannidis, Ntrasenas - Antzas, Gkiourdas, Spanos.

Kbel clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. M. Klug von Biedermann enjoyed the sunshine and demonstrated his stunning technique over and over again. Kbel's defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 28 minutes gone, but M. Klug von Biedermann's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper. The referee showed Kbel's M. Klug von Biedermann the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Kbel's D. Juhl Nielsen was shown a yellow card after 36 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. Piou claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

P. Kottikas found it hard to catch his breath today in the stifling heat. Kbel had a good opportunity to take the lead as V. Bejdák came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of P. Lakamas. Kbel fans held their breath as M. Klug von Biedermann scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! Cheers filled the stadium as J. Holaň broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to Kbel. Piou were desperate to get a goal back and pushed forward through the middle 74 minutes into the game. After a scramble in the box, the ball dropped to A. Kontoyiannidis, who smashed it home to make the score 2 - 1. J. Řihák could have increased the lead after 75 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. Piou had most of the ball, with 55 percent of possession.

Kbel's best player was D. Hartman. On the other hand, J. Holaň's play was disheartening. Most important Piou player was V. Spanos. P. Kottikas on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 1.