Jablonec 0 - 3 Andele92 (380153769)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 8380 at Halmeš Aréna today. Pekka Suominen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rolf Fossmo and Floris Massop. Jablonec had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. Starters: Chabros - Enise, Szarpak, Bahorec, Nesvadba - Dudiňak, Kociha, Gajdosík, Škorec, Korchňák - Agostinho.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Andele92. The following players had been chosen: Galili - Ruiz, Rahmstål, Rehling - Firment, Macháček, Mršťák, Alsheide, Bengitaş - Nagy, Krčma.

For their match strategy, Jablonec had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave D. Firment from Andele92 a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 6 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! D. Firment remonstrated furiously with the referee after Andele92 had another decision go against them. The referee had no alternative but to show him another yellow card and send him from the pitch. After 36 minutes, Andele92 put themselves up 0 - 1, as B. Nagy finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. G. Chabros kept the home side in the game with a magnificent save when B. Nagy delivered an almost perfect free kick to the far post. After 42 minutes, the defensive line of Jablonec created a counterattack through the middle that gave A. Kociha a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. With 43 minutes played, Andele92's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to M. Macháček he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 0 - 2. 0 - 2 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Andele92, who controlled the ball 61 percent of the time.

The visitors' B. Nagy took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 55 minutes into the match. 0 - 3 for Andele92. Confident in their lead, Andele92's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. 58 minutes into the match, A. Krčma came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. Jablonec needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 64 minutes Š. Gajdosík made way for J. Višniar. 66 minutes into the game, Andele92 worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. With 76 minutes played, V. Bengitaş nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. Andele92 enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 59 percent of possession.

The most dominating Jablonec player was without a doubt B. Agostinho. E. Szarpak on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Andele92 player was B. Nagy. On the other hand, A. Galili's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 3.