-DJECO- 4 - 1 Kolín (381377573)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and ®*ĘđđîęĐjęç¤A®éna*® saw a crowd turnout of 41529. Silvius Hohf was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Patrik Mikulecký and Luis Saravia. -DJECO- tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Župarić - Nedyalkov, Beccari, Chapotot - Tămaş, Mačo, Pernoux, Jaszcz, Geldhof - Hrabovský, Spálovský.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Kolín. They fielded: Janička - Batkowski, van de Ree, Trutina - Vela Tapia, Jurníček, Størksen, Revilla, Dobija - den Breems, Kotula.

-DJECO- were determined to use their long shot ability. Pressing was the tactic of the day for Kolín. After 2 minutes, Kolín's B. Jurníček made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. Against a lesser team, -DJECO- could very well have succeeded with their smart indirect free kick routine after 12 minutes. A trio of passes took the ball all the way past the defenders, but by then the intended recipient was already blocked off and the keeper could make a leisurely save. -DJECO- 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. Kolín's B. Jurníček got himself booked for a foul. After 30 minutes, J. Pernoux got through on the right and was very close to equalising for the home side, but didn't get the shot away. Kolín's counterattacks created a good chance for M. Vela Tapia on the right after 31 minutes, but he could only look on with dismay as his strike rebounded off the crossbar. Kolín came close to extending their lead as B. Jurníček delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 34 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. It was 0 - 1 at the break. -DJECO- had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

J. Batkowski got left behind when -DJECO-'s J. Geldhof made a sudden run forward after 50 minutes, finishing off with a neat strike. 1 - 1! Kolín's ability to press all over the field frequently paid dividends. 57 minutes in, -DJECO-'s F. Beccari received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. It was obvious that the tactic of the day for -DJECO- was to go for long shots, but in order to score they have to do better than the shooting attempt from D. Jaszcz after 63 minutes, which was a total failure. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, M. Hrabovský scored for -DJECO- putting them ahead 2 - 1, after 75 minutes. After 76 minutes, I. Tămaş put -DJECO- ahead 3 - 1 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. The coach of -DJECO- was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 76 minutes, F. Chudoba came on for F. Beccari. 77 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as M. Hrabovský broke through, making the score 4 - 1 for -DJECO-. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by -DJECO-, with 51 percent of the ball.

-DJECO-'s top performer was clearly J. Spálovský. F. Chudoba was a disappointment, however. Kolín's best player was V. Kotula. C. Janička turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 1.