Sukad 0 - 1 Tolgus (381599026)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 38720 at Sukkadeta sisenemine keelatud! today. Parfait Gerber was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Fabio Ginelli and Miguel Arjona. A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Sukad. The following players had been chosen: Loks - Bianchi, Rammul, Hoya - Van Vaerenbergh, Gjokaj, Velichkov, Stavridis - Steković, Kurvits, Oja.

Tolgus decided to use a 3-5-1 set up. The following players took the field: Marcus - Santos, Kostenko, Śliwa - Lunden, Mitovski, Viard, Graafsma, Portarena - Fotinos.

Pressing was the tactic of the day for Tolgus. This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when D. Fotinos slipped through the defence on the right to come up alone against R. Loks, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning reflexes. N. Viard had a good try after 21 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. Sukad had a good opportunity to take the lead as K. Rammul came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of J. Marcus. The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when A. Śliwa was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 34 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to Tolgus, who controlled the ball 62 percent of the time.

62 minutes into the game, Tolgus seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a passable level of organisation. 66 minutes into the game, A. Śliwa had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. After 82 minutes, Tolgus put themselves up 0 - 1, as V. Kostenko finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. Tolgus enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 62 percent of possession.

T. Velichkov performed admirably for Sukad. V. Steković was a disappointment, however. Most important Tolgus player was E. Graafsma. E. Portarena on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 1.