Harcosok 4 - 1 F.C.Cacereño (379402212)

3255 punters turned up at Morkov HarkályTanya, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Carl Christian Taaning was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Pelle Røll and Magne Moa . A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Harcosok. Starters: Rosewall - Maderspacher, Irimie, Vlahuţă, Morar - Buonfini, Mihail, Pavel, Mutu, Hulboj - Şchiau.

F.C.Cacereño tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: Machemmer - Kittilä, Giannantonio - Herbots, Foth, Burkhart Pérez, Jans, Kesić - Simeon, Chodil, Goya.

After a fine move down the middle G. Buonfini nearly gave the home side a goal after 2 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. K. Chodil came close to putting the visiting team one up 20 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but M. Rosewall managed to tip the ball to a corner. Harcosok's V. Pavel left the field after 26 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was C. Grigoraş. As the captain was no longer on the pitch, V. Mutu took over the role of being the Harcosok captain. After 29 minutes of play, C. Grigoraş gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. 32 minutes in, Harcosok's C. Grigoraş received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. With 34 minutes played, Harcosok put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to A. Morar, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. After 37 minutes, F.C.Cacereño's S. Simeon fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! A. Morar had a fantastic opportunity to put Harcosok up another goal 38 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. After 40 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by V. Mutu might have resulted in another goal for Harcosok. However, P. Machemmer made a spectacular save. F.C.Cacereño's S. Goya refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 42 minutes. Halftime score was 2 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Harcosok, with 82 percent of the ball.

A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Harcosok's M. Vlahuţă increasing the lead to 3 - 0. F.C.Cacereño's Y. Jans had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 60 minutes having been played. N. Farkas was the replacement. 62 minutes into the game, Harcosok were awarded a penalty that A. Morar turned into 4 - 0 without a problem. By now, the players in Harcosok felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. The guests got an opportunity to reduce after 70 minutes and S. Herbots took it from the penalty spot, scoring easily for 4 - 1. Harcosok enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 71 percent of possession.

Most important Harcosok player was P. Mihail. D. Şchiau on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating F.C.Cacereño player was without a doubt N. Farkas. A. Giannantonio was a disappointment, however. The match ends 4 - 1.