SuCoS 2 - 0 Tafaners (380498041)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 385 had shown up at SuCoS Stadium for the match. Nikos Papathemelis was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Frank Meyenn and Rui Almeida. SuCoS decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. Lineup: Vlăscianu - Transkär, Fontaine - Gotter, Batista, Dirven, Avilleira, Duraner - Tobalina, Fitek, Batzu.

Tafaners had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. The following players had been chosen: Delacre - Bures, Montoya, Stifter, Ciciovan - Garabet, Thaulow, Rada, Taylor, Podkowiak - Hardy.

R. Tobalina caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 10 minutes. This gave SuCoS the 1 - 0 lead. 18 minutes into the game, SuCoS had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to passable. H. Dirven of SuCoS was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. T. Bures made a good effort at breaking through on the right, but the home team's left defence cleared the ball to a corner. M. Hardy made a run for the goal 33 minutes into the game but the home team's left back managed to sort the situation out in the end. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. Tafaners enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 59 percent of possession.

A review of the gameplan helped SuCoS get back to a solid organisation when the referee blew his whistle again. Tafaners needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 85 minutes V. Rada made way for A. El-Glaoui. F. Delacre was handed the Tafaners captain's armband. After 85 minutes, Tafaners switched J. Stifter with I. Salaberria, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Tafaners's M. Hardy was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 85 minutes. J. Mazcuñán was given a chance to change things around. The home side's H. Dirven curled a free kick home after 86 minutes, putting SuCoS ahead 2 - 0. At this point, it was obvious that the players of SuCoS lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Tafaners had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

R. Tobalina performed admirably for SuCoS. On the other hand, M. Duraner's play was disheartening. Tafaners's top performer was clearly R. Taylor. S. Ciciovan on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 0.