Bar 0 - 3 tanzanya (381073627)

It had rained all day, but 18136 hardy fans still made it out to Blomfild. Gregor van Beurden was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Nontas Konstantinou and Albert Schober. Bar started off with a 5-3-2 lineup. Lineup: Kenda - Simon, Manzano Pérez, Skrzypiński, Topaz, Eliav - Meland, Berg, Palosaari - Deniel, Boël.

tanzanya tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Pretel Marín - Lembo, Schievani, Carniceiro - Bucciaglia, Lankila, Chagag, Morar, Igellind - Friães, Silke.

It was obvious that Bar were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. tanzanya clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. The game was characterised by rough play and many physical challenges on the wet field, but C. Skrzypiński showed great heart and had a good game. tanzanya had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. C. Morar came close to putting the visiting team one up 16 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but L. Kenda managed to tip the ball to a corner. It was obvious that team tanzanya had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 18 minutes allowed V. Friães to score for tanzanya. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1. tanzanya players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. A. Lembo received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 20 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 2. The tanzanya fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to tanzanya, who controlled the ball 68 percent of the time.

With 61 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed J. Carniceiro of tanzanya to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 3. The players of tanzanya now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. The referee showed Bar's O. Boël the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. tanzanya were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. Bar's talent at pressing frustrated the spectators as the game became a dire midfield struggle. The boggy pitch disrupted the game, especially for technical players like N. Topaz. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by tanzanya, with 66 percent of the ball.

C. Skrzypiński performed admirably for Bar. A. Palosaari on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating tanzanya player was without a doubt O. Schievani. V. Friães was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 3.