Domanovce 1 - 4 Rakovice (381372640)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 32354 had shown up at White Hart Lane for the match. Tevfik Terek was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Leif Babernits and Emilian Radu. A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Domanovce. The following players had been chosen: Mobilia - Petrů, Kuřátko, Díaz de Reguero, Slánský, Buben - Burmeta, Tréport, Řepík, Hrubják - Furmánek.

Rakovice had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Túpac - Cordeau, Charamza, Baják - Iorizzo, Procházka, Dösbaddel, Kocum, Sbardella - Kadlčík, Koskinen.

Domanovce were relying on their ability to counter-attack. Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Rakovice. Domanovce's P. Burmeta tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. The guests took the lead 23 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in M. Kadlčík scoring to make it 0 - 1. A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area with a goal nearly scored by L. Slánský. At last, Domanovce's B. Kuřátko was able to backheel the ball in. 1 - 1. Domanovce's counterattacks created a good chance for P. Burmeta on the right after 38 minutes, but he could only look on with dismay as his strike rebounded off the crossbar. The terraces were silenced after 39 minutes when Rakovice's A. Koskinen put the guests ahead 1 - 2, following an attack on the right. It was 1 - 2 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Rakovice, who controlled the ball 60 percent of the time.

70 minutes into the game a free kick by M. Kadlčík found its way through the home side's poorly assembled defensive formation, making Rakovice's lead 1 - 3. After this, you could see that the players of Rakovice were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. With 77 minutes played, Q. Tréport of Domanovce fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. After 80 minutes, Domanovce's Q. Tréport fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! With 81 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed S. Sbardella of Rakovice to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 1 - 4. 87 minutes in, Rakovice's F. Iorizzo received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. A misunderstanding between the visitors' keeper J. Túpac and his left defence could have resulted in a goal for Domanovce, but H. Díaz de Reguero's finish was way too lame. Just a few inches to the right, and the visitors could have had a goal 88 minutes into the match. M. Kadlčík surely wishes he could do that free kick over again. Rakovice claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 60 percent.

The most dominating Domanovce player was without a doubt M. Furmánek. On the other hand, D. Mobilia's play was disheartening. J. Kocum performed admirably for Rakovice. R. Charamza turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 4.