colateralii 1 - 3 Prokletstvo (379232205)

3075 punters turned up at selena Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Svatoslav Kadleček was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Peter Agerskov and Charles Schinharl. colateralii started off with a 5-3-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Kocsis - Bilgen, Geerders, Beusmans, Hoffmann, Bertmonas - Misstear, Ülemaantee, Patrikainen - Szentmiklósi, Davidovich.

Prokletstvo decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Pasini - Arsenović, Vučetić, Milošević - Hasanbegović, Repuh, Adulović, Šavija, Tasić - Bogdány, Batrić.

For their match strategy, colateralii had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. Prokletstvo took the lead after A. Repuh curved a free kick into the net. 0 - 1 With the scoreboard showing that 37 minutes had been played, Prokletstvo nearly put themselves up another goal after D. Hasanbegović came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. A. Repuh received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 38 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 2. The Prokletstvo fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. The referee showed colateralii's M. Geerders the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 43 minutes into the game, N. Tasić had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came P. Rada. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 2. Prokletstvo claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 69 percent.

The home team's supporters got excited again when N. Ülemaantee broke through the visitors' central defence and caught their keeper off guard, making it 1 - 2. A foul called during a colateralii counterattack resulted in a great chance to score, but M. Patrikainen's shot rattled off the post. colateralii's Á. Szentmiklósi got himself booked for a foul. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, D. Vučetić got himself booked. The manager of Prokletstvo was not happy. colateralii had a great opportunity to score following a counterattack after 84 minutes, but A. Bertmonas's shot from the left sailed high over the bar. D. Batrić came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over O. Kocsis but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. 88 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 1 - 3 as B. Bogdány finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Prokletstvo, with 70 percent of the ball.

colateralii's best player was S. Beusmans. O. Kocsis was a disappointment, however. M. Šavija performed admirably for Prokletstvo. On the other hand, P. Rada's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 3.