Athletics 0 - 11 JMK (381476797)

8323 spectators had come to Athletics Praha Arena this cloudy day. Robert van Houten was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Andrey Tikhonov and Kader Ramzi. Athletics had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Starters: Piskač - Kolb, Ondřej, Popelář, Štangl - Plavec, Gažik, Divín, Čonka - Kusyn, Vogl.

JMK tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. Lineup: Severa - Barteček, Vála, Puikkonen, Netolický, Fára - Blaško, Kovács, Jurásek, Pláteník - Jurica.

A mistake by the home side's central defence after 2 minutes allowed A. Fára to score for JMK. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1. D. Kovács of JMK took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 25 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 2. A drive down the left side allowed A. Jurica to get in close and score another goal for JMK after 32 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 3. By now, the players in JMK felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. 37 minutes in, JMK appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only passable. 41 minutes into the game, JMK's M. Blaško surprised the visitors with a raking cross-field pass to A. Jurica who easily found the back of the net, making the score 0 - 4. JMK increased their lead after 42 minutes when M. Blaško broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 5, much to the home crowd's dismay. D. Kovács received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 44 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 6. The JMK fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 6. JMK claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 82 percent.

A review of the gameplan helped JMK get back to a solid organisation when the referee blew his whistle again. With 55 minutes played, JMK put themselves up 0 - 7 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was J. Vála. After 68 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed J. Vála to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 8. Athletics's J. Popelář was shown a yellow card after 71 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 78 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 9 as A. Jurica finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. This third goal completed a hattrick for A. Jurica. 82 minutes in, JMK's K. Netolický received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The referee signalled a penalty 83 minutes into the game following an offence which looked like it was outside the box. A. Jurica knocked it home to make the score 0 - 10. The home crowd was not impressed when M. Blaško came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 85 minutes. JMK were now up 0 - 11. JMK had most of the ball, with 88 percent of possession.

Athletics's best player was M. Vogl. L. Piskač turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important JMK player was H. Puikkonen. K. Netolický on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 11.