bernard 3 - 1 N.G/katia (378918194)

3078 spectators had come to la bernArena this cloudy day. Stefan Mossborn was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alois Kaspar and Brian Jones. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for bernard. The following players had been chosen: Delhorbe - Gustavsburg, Tabaković, Birnie, Birolo - Zyzański, Cuadrado, Kulacs, Boekhout - Faro, Rušenieks.

N.G/katia decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Sabit - Mayor, Reinhart, Saint-Maxent - Pias, Cytacki, Zienkiewicz, Fragoso, Sassano - Mevis, Álvarez.

N.G/katia used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. bernard had a good opportunity to take the lead as M. Tabaković came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of K. Sabit. bernard took the lead 28 minutes into the game by 1 - 0, as T. Birnie elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. bernard's M. Tabaković got himself booked for a foul. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in bernard's M. Zyzański increasing the lead to 2 - 0. After this, you could see that the players of bernard were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by bernard, with 60 percent of the ball.

Things were going to get worse for the visitors. T. Birnie squirmed through their central defence after 66 minutes, increasing the lead to 3 - 0. 76 minutes in, bernard's O. Cuadrado received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. M. Tabaković had a fantastic opportunity to put bernard up another goal 79 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. bernard's Z. Kulacs saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 82 minutes. With 83 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience, T. Zienkiewicz needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. bernard's E. Rušenieks placed the ball right at his teammate's feet after a corner, but R. Faro couldn't finish. N.G/katia had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. With 87 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock, N.G/katia showed some good skill and were able to reduce the score to 3 - 1 when G. Sassano got past the home side's central defenders right in front of the goal. Possession in this half belonged to bernard, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

bernard's best player was Z. Kulacs. A. Delhorbe on the other hand, had a terrible day. P. Cytacki performed admirably for N.G/katia. On the other hand, H. Mayor's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 1.