Kolejowy 1 - 5 palermo (379929059)

Clear skies welcomed the 966 spectators who had made their way to Stadion przy Bułgarskiej. Pierre Imbach was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mattias Norbratt and Valdo Calvo. Kolejowy started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Camargo Jr. - Cholewski, Tănase, Vorotilin - Szpulecki, Kläui, Pries, Karmański - Seltenhammer, Ericsson, Kudryashev.

palermo decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. The following players took the field: Nurkkanen - Crãciunescu, Säflind, Myhre - Emsal, Gruchot, Quental, Winderhitzer - Comito, Mincone, Gandola.

Today, Kolejowy's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. M. Kläui's lack of experience almost gave palermo a goal after 12 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. 13 minutes into the game, Kolejowy had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to inadequate. The visiting T. Winderhitzer was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 21 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. Some fine movement on the left led to a palermo goal after 32 minutes, making it 0 - 2. G. Mincone was noted down as the scorer. The players of palermo now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. 36 minutes into the game, palermo were awarded a penalty and L. Säflind was able to increase the visitors' lead to 0 - 3 rolling the ball in by the right post. Kolejowy's L. Ericsson had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 40 minutes having been played. I. Vögerle was the replacement. V. Tănase was handed the Kolejowy captain's armband. O. Hammarholt was called on to replace palermo's T. Winderhitzer after 41 minutes following a nasty collision. 0 - 3 was the score after the first half. palermo had most of the ball, with 62 percent of possession.

Despite his frustration resulting in the smashing of a few teacups, the coach of Kolejowy was able to get his message across, and raised Kolejowy's organisation to solid. Kolejowy needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 46 minutes R. Karmański made way for R. Żymańczyk. G. Mincone of palermo took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 59 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 4. 65 minutes in, Kolejowy appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only passable. G. Pries challenged the visitors' central defence eagerly, producing a good chance 66 minutes into the game as he went for a through ball. But, as so many times before, the guests' defensive efforts got the best of it. 71 minutes into the game, Kolejowy seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to passable. After 75 minutes, palermo's G. Mincone burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 5. By then G. Mincone had scored three goals - a hat trick! 77 minutes into the game, Kolejowy seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a inadequate level of organisation. Kolejowy were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. A marvellous Kolejowy effort on the right-hand side resulted in a goal after 80 minutes by O. Seltenhammer, making the score 1 - 5. palermo claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

Kolejowy's best player was R. Żymańczyk. I. Cholewski turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important palermo player was C. Quental. On the other hand, O. Hammarholt's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 5.