LIOMES 2 - 1 Katerinis (381310330)

A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 30906 to jungle. Leonard Miękina was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Danny Mano and Kepa Sáez. LIOMES tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. They fielded: Sarayköy - Sønksen, Rumie, Baert, Scholliers - Menghini, Hagg, Šišma, Hakamäki - Stuttenborn, Famelos.

Katerinis decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Kreß - Džapo, Szendera, Kor - Stanwick, Albiero, Pancadas, Amoroso, Pötten - Leegwater, Kee.

LIOMES clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. 0 - 1 was the score with 33 minutes played, after M. Amoroso cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Katerinis. A counterattack by LIOMES after 41 minutes could have resulted in a goal, but A. Sønksen, coming in on the left, couldn't get the shot off. LIOMES played a good counterattacking move down the left 43 minutes into the match, with S. Hagg finishing well for 1 - 1. 1 - 1 was the score after the first half. Katerinis claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

It wasn't a good day at all for F. Pancadas. His powerful style of play just didn't fit the bill on this warm day. The sun seemed to put G. Rumie in a great mood, and he showed off his technical skills all match long. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to G. Rumie, but the LIOMES player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 2 - 1! Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Katerinis's F. Pancadas was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 82 minutes. M. Kempa was given a chance to change things around. 84 minutes in, Katerinis's M. Kempa received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Katerinis, with 63 percent of the ball.

Most important LIOMES player was A. Sønksen. T. Hakamäki on the other hand, had a terrible day. Katerinis's best player was M. Amoroso. On the other hand, S. Albiero's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 1.