Toljage 2 - 0 Plitvica (379633030)

70000 spectators arrived at Arena apsurda, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Yordan Filipovich was the appointed referee with assistance provided by David Prescott and Antun Kurta. Toljage had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Lutchenkov - Kalinić, Marinescu, Bayer - Zorrinho, Štakić, Pilla, Rolfsson, Gatzemeyer - Soldevilla, Giftos.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Plitvica. The following players took the field: Carré - Sáenz Tabernero, Čekmonas, Hutek, Jaekel - Pagh, de Melker, Capan, Spicher - Pećnik, Strpić.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Plitvica. After 3 minutes of play, J. Bayer gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. Toljage's M. Giftos had an excellent opportunity after 20 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! Toljage put in a good effort on the right, but M. Giftos saw his volley fly wide of the mark 39 minutes into the game. A great save by keeper J. Carré after 40 minutes kept the visitors in the game after L. Zorrinho struck from the left with a real cannonball. 1 - 0 was the score after the first half. Toljage had most of the ball, with 74 percent of possession.

The score became 2 - 0 at 54 minutes into the game, when Toljage were given a penalty which J. Pilla blasted straight down the middle giving the keeper no chance! With the clock showing 61 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of Plitvica resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by H. Spicher in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. M. Giftos wanted to play on, but the Toljage coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 68 minutes into the game by B. Atasoy. R. Soldevilla unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. Under heavy pressure after 88 minutes, the inexperienced Toljage struggled to maintain their level of play. Possession in this half belonged to Toljage, who controlled the ball 74 percent of the time.

The most dominating Toljage player was without a doubt R. Soldevilla. On the other hand, M. Marinescu's play was disheartening. Plitvica's top performer was clearly D. Pećnik. M. Hutek turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 0.