Teplice 3 - 1 HASTRMANI (381371445)

A scorching day at Stinadla, where 52397 spectators were in place for today's match. Ivan Mygind was the appointed referee with assistance provided by José Luis Dávila and Matteo Ginelli. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Teplice. The following players took the field: Levni - Vergeer, Abella, Carlier - Ichim, Wolf, Martinek, MacDull, Gamela - Farro, Hızlan.

HASTRMANI started off with a 5-3-2 lineup. Lineup: Regan - Marvel, Schaef, Glenda, Włosowicz, Gustavsson - Kocáb, Pimenta, Pácal - Műller, Hrubý.

The wings were the focus of most of Teplice's attacks today. HASTRMANI seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. After 26 minutes, R. Hrubý sent the corner kick right to M. Műller who headed it sharply past the keeper. 0 - 1! A foul 32 minutes into the game resulted in a free kick for Teplice. I. Gamela took advantage as he curled the equalising goal into the top corner, just out of the reach of the keeper. 1 - 1. With 33 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 2 - 1 lead as E. Farro flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. After 35 minutes, Teplice's I. Gamela found the back of the goal with a beautiful free kick. 3 - 1. The players of Teplice now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Halftime score was 3 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Teplice, with 64 percent of the ball.

It was obvious that Teplice had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. I. Abella didn't pace himself at all, and after a series of daring offensive runs he was too tired to help out in the defensive play. The coach of Teplice was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 70 minutes, R. Canhoto came on for S. Carlier. HASTRMANI players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. Players in Teplice heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. Teplice claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 63 percent.

P. MacDull performed admirably for Teplice. On the other hand, I. Abella's play was disheartening. The most dominating HASTRMANI player was without a doubt R. Hrubý. D. Włosowicz was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 1.