heads 0 - 1 Moufa (381309690)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 20813 to heads paok Arena. Nicolae Halagian was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Johann Peter Eidelböß and Engelbert Kip. heads had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. The following players had been chosen: Badorrey - Gyurkovics, van Vught, Moix, Forakis - Grekas, Uerdingen, Ragnbo, Correcig, Conner - Bahamondes.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Moufa. Starters: Grosu - Dimov, Teutschl, Pielstroom, Mozin - Wacker, Boussac, Moniz, Lizarzaburu - Pentarakis, Karaflidis.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of heads. Moufa were relying on their ability to counter-attack. heads's I. Correcig was shown a yellow card after 20 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 22 minutes into the game, Moufa seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to solid. With 27 minutes gone, heads's I. Correcig had to leave the pitch after talking back to the referee and receiving his second booking. 32 minutes into the game, F. Boussac was a hair's breadth away from giving Moufa the lead with a shot from over on the left. A prompt block by V. Badorrey saved the home team that time. 0 - 0 was the halftime score. heads claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

The Moufa players spent the break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organisation and regained a solid organisation when the game started again. The crowd groaned its disapproval when Y. Grekas missed a free kick that would have given heads the lead after 56 minutes. 57 minutes in, Moufa appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only passable. Slack defending gave heads a chance to take the lead with 67 minutes played, but Y. Grekas's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. After 68 minutes, the defensive line of Moufa created a counterattack through the middle that gave M. Teutschl a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. The terraces were silenced after 74 minutes when Moufa's I. Mozin put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. With 77 minutes played, after a good run down the left, Y. Grekas went down looking for a penalty after a challenge from the visitors' right fullback, but the referee waved play on, and later warned him for diving. heads tried to even things up by sending a long ball towards the centrally placed strikers, but the visitors' defence got the best of this rather direct style of play. heads enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 61 percent of possession.

Most important heads player was M. Ragnbo. V. Badorrey was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Moufa player was without a doubt S. Karaflidis. However, R. Pielstroom made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 1.