HAJ 1 - 3 Underworld (381371911)

The 61799 spectators at Fallen Angel Road were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Florin-Tudor Ştefan was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gerold Kleinknecht and William Svensson. HAJ tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Abai - Lacraia, Bonfrate, Šmajstrla - Peltenburg, Ďásek, Valigura, Rondón, Cadet - Červík, Danda.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Underworld. The following players had been chosen: Humpolík - Trávníček, Martynov, Leonchuk, Romualdi - Vu, Santinello, Havlík, Gesquier - Moraitopoulos, Loos.

Underworld clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. Underworld had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 5 minutes in when P. Moraitopoulos came up alone against T. Abai who managed a block. B. Loos stunned the crowd with a brilliant counterattack from the left, giving Underworld the goal to make it 0 - 1. It was 0 - 1 at the break. HAJ claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

HAJ's M. Valigura almost tied things up with 62 minutes played after breaking through on the right, but his shot deflected off the post. As usual, R. Trávníček tried to use his strength and hard work for the benefit of the team, but the heat hit him hard and he couldn't keep pace at all. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Underworld coach let F. Olariu replace R. Trávníček after 70 minutes. HAJ were awarded a penalty with 70 minutes played, and L. Lacraia made no mistake as he effortlessly slotted the equaliser home. 1 - 1. Underworld took the lead after 74 minutes making the score 1 - 2. P. Moraitopoulos placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. J. Rončinský was called on to replace HAJ's P. Danda after 78 minutes following a nasty collision. O. Červík was just a finger's breadth away from an equaliser for HAJ with a strike from the left, but V. Humpolík managed to ward the shot off for a corner. With 84 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed Š. Vu of Underworld to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 1 - 3. HAJ enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 61 percent of possession.

HAJ's top performer was clearly O. Červík. J. Rončinský was a disappointment, however. Most important Underworld player was P. Moraitopoulos. However, M. Martynov made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 3.