Homalaii_Braila 6 - 3 FC ARSENAL (380831568)

The 26557 spectators at Nvidia Arena were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Ohad Almog was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Friedrich Kirchmair and Stefan Karlsson. Homalaii_Braila decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. The following players had been chosen: Sárosi - Karlsen, Khawwas, Lukács - Azemi, Magon, Pitter, Dumitru - Temam, Frank, Streulea.

FC ARSENAL tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. Lineup: Martins Cardoso - Nistoran, Houmøller, Ilie - Ulisse, Orfanidis, Šuhajnár, Ruhi - Miron, Ollerhaftig, Dan.

With 2 minutes played, Homalaii_Braila's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to D. Azemi he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 1 - 0. FC ARSENAL's T. Orfanidis got himself booked for a foul. Homalaii_Braila's A. Frank went down after a savage challenge, but could continue playing after some medical attention. After 25 minutes, N. Khawwas put Homalaii_Braila ahead 2 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. Homalaii_Braila's A. Frank was shown a yellow card after 28 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Homalaii_Braila's C. Lukács placed the ball right at his teammate's feet after a corner, but A. Magon couldn't finish. Homalaii_Braila put themselves up 3 - 0 when A. Frank broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. 37 minutes in, FC ARSENAL's K. Houmøller received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. 3 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Homalaii_Braila, who controlled the ball 60 percent of the time.

A bit later, FC ARSENAL's G. Nistoran easily reduced the lead to 3 - 1 after a misunderstanding in the home side's central defence. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Homalaii_Braila's C. Dumitru increasing the lead to 4 - 1. C. Dumitru wanted to play on, but the Homalaii_Braila coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 55 minutes into the game by M. Spahr. 66 minutes into the match, FC ARSENAL replied and reduced the lead to 4 - 2. T. Orfanidis scored on a marvellous cross pass coming in from the left. After 74 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and A. Frank gave the Homalaii_Braila supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 5 - 2. After 79 minutes of play, FC ARSENAL's G. Nistoran unexpectedly struck an inside out ball from no angle at all and K. Ollerhaftig slotted it into the net for 5 - 3. V. Streulea wasn't much help defensively. His energy-consuming forward runs proved quite costly in the oppressive heat. V. Streulea increased the lead for Homalaii_Braila to 6 - 3, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! A. Frank knew he was in trouble after hacking down an opponent. Despite his pleading with the referee, the Homalaii_Braila player was shown a second yellow card and dismissed from the game. The Homalaii_Braila captaincy was handed to J. Karlsen. Homalaii_Braila enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 59 percent of possession.

Homalaii_Braila's top performer was clearly K. Pitter. On the other hand, F. Sárosi's play was disheartening. Most important FC ARSENAL player was I. Miron. G. Martins Cardoso turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 6 - 3.