Prachovice 1 - 4 Juve (380183147)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 10803 at Hvězdný mlýn today. Roffe Marcusson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Anders Tullerberg and Alexander Straßburg. Prachovice started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. They fielded: Humhal - Haška, Karafiát, Papp, Moštěk - Raušer, Jebavý, Chvátal, Klepáček - Dudáček, Mráka.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Juve. The following players had been chosen: Prošek - Leijonflod, Dorner, Mrzena - Kjellbrant, Getino, Recchia, Tristão, Treppner - Jaskulski, Looyen.

Prachovice immediately set off using their skill at pressing their opponents. Juve used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. Juve took the lead 27 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. E. Looyen was the scorer. F. Humhal got a fingertip on M. Leijonflod's shot from the left 28 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. 29 minutes into the match, Prachovice's J. Dudáček maneuvered his way around the opposition on the left flank, delighting the crowd with his twists and turns. The effort paid off as the ball found the back of the net, evening the score at 1 - 1. After 31 minutes, Juve sent a free kick in high over the penalty box. In what looked like a well-rehearsed move, the ball was headed backwards and reached A. Recchia, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 1 - 2. After 36 minutes, Juve raised their score by one when J. Treppner's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by E. Looyen. 1 - 3. Juve increased their lead after 37 minutes when A. Recchia broke through on the right, upping the score to 1 - 4, much to the home crowd's dismay. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 4. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Juve, with 70 percent of the ball.

Juve were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. S. Jaskulski was, after 48 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper F. Humhal made the save. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, S. Jaskulski would have put Juve up another goal 67 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. 73 minutes into the match, G. Dorner came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. Possession in this half belonged to Juve, who controlled the ball 71 percent of the time.

Most important Prachovice player was R. Jebavý. N. Karafiát on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Juve player was without a doubt A. Recchia. R. Mrzena turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 4.