Kuřáci 1 - 0 Moriak (381404451)

A scorching day at Tabáková Plantáž, where 25658 spectators were in place for today's match. Tonček Dežman was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Trond Bugge and Richard Pihlman. Kuřáci tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. Lineup: Cyganek - Chasovitin, Bobovec, Estola, Zerbel - Rosenstad, Magrini, Sardeira, Wodnicki, Sincora - Castro.

A 5-3-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Moriak. The following players took the field: Svensson - Østreng, Spratek, Gómez, List, De Los Santos - Mengov, Ottosen, Zylevich - Eilinger, Kwon.

It was obvious that Kuřáci were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Moriak. After 30 minutes Kuřáci's A. Chasovitin contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. Kuřáci's J. Sincora had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 37 minutes having been played. P. Philipp was the replacement. The crowd groaned its disapproval when M. Rosenstad missed a free kick that would have given Kuřáci the lead after 39 minutes. With 40 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of Moriak resulted in a counterattack that set A. Eilinger free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. Kuřáci had most of the ball, with 59 percent of possession.

Moriak had a great opportunity to score following a counterattack after 55 minutes, but R. Gómez's shot from the left sailed high over the bar. The referee showed Moriak's Z. Zylevich the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Due to a severely mistimed tackle, P. Philipp of Kuřáci spent some time on the grass writhing in agony before he could get up and continue the game. At 64 minutes played, R. Magrini came in from the right with the intention of giving Kuřáci the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. Good work by the Moriak defensive line after 65 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found H. Østreng alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. The Kuřáci free kick 67 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of J. Sardeira, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 1 - 0! Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Kuřáci, with 55 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Kuřáci player was without a doubt H. Estola. However, M. Castro made a disastrous appearance. Moriak's top performer was clearly A. Eilinger. R. Gómez on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 0.