Kobemvp 6 - 2 LuxForEver (381943499)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 12700 at Metallidome today. Eddo Bes was the appointed referee with assistance provided by John Wagenborg and Sebastian Cãpraru. Kobemvp tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. Lineup: Wehbe - Bachnik, Staszak, Niculescu - Göktunç, 初恩 (Chuen), Juncal, Balzaretti - Linussa, Benazzato, Niederreiter.

LuxForEver started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. The following players took the field: van den Berken - Panadero, Stecca, Virtala, Ciobanu - Kossits, Sadok, Kilimann, Mora, Olsson - Kúnev.

LuxForEver clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 17 minutes, Kobemvp did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, H. Bachnik was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 1 - 0. With 19 minutes played, Kobemvp put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to 袁. 初恩 (Chuen), who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Kobemvp's B. Staszak got himself booked for a foul. Morale on the visitors' bench was greatly improved when their N. Stecca reduced the lead to make it 2 - 1 after 25 minutes, following a pass from the right. T. Benazzato unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 1. Kobemvp enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 56 percent of possession.

After 49 minutes, Kobemvp's B. Balzaretti swiftly ran past I. Panadero and nutmegged the keeper! 3 - 1. Kobemvp solidified their lead at the 59 minute mark, as A. Göktunç dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 4 - 1. The players of Kobemvp now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, H. Bachnik got himself booked. The manager of Kobemvp was not happy. Coming from the right, S. Niederreiter almost managed to score another goal for Kobemvp, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. With 70 minutes played, the LuxForEver coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. A. Tellado came on, D. Olsson had to leave the fray. A swift counterattack by LuxForEver resulted in a free kick that J. Virtala elegantly twisted into the goal - 4 - 2! In a rapid move 78 minutes into the match, B. Balzaretti of Kobemvp lost his man and passed the ball to the unmarked T. Benazzato who easily hit it home to make it 5 - 2. Luckily the ref didn't see him taunting the opposing fans in celebration - naughty boy! Kobemvp's B. Staszak increased the lead to 6 - 2, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 80 minutes. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Kobemvp, with 53 percent of the ball.

Most important Kobemvp player was T. Benazzato. However, B. Balzaretti made a disastrous appearance. R. Mora performed admirably for LuxForEver. I. Panadero on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 6 - 2.