PARTIZAN 10 - 0 ARSENAL (382529219)

Clear skies welcomed the 20000 spectators who had made their way to jna arena. Vitus Vetsch was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jonata Cosio and Leonardo Ángel Gatti. PARTIZAN had chosen a strategic 5-3-2 formation. Lineup: Goschler-Praxmarer - Lafleur, Jarić, Sarusi, Daleiden, Sengl - Fábián, Tanasković, Falch - Juka, Walkusz.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for ARSENAL. The following players took the field: Duica - Ivić, Božić, Mladenović, Drulić - Kiković, Banašević, Aleksić, Bosnić - Vujević, Misić.

PARTIZAN mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. PARTIZAN fans held their breath as B. Sengl scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! PARTIZAN had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. 17 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as D. Juka broke through, making the score 2 - 0 for PARTIZAN. After 31 minutes, J. Falch put PARTIZAN ahead 3 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. After 33 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and C. Walkusz gave the PARTIZAN supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 4 - 0. It was 4 - 0 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by PARTIZAN, with 72 percent of the ball.

PARTIZAN were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in PARTIZAN's J. Tanasković increasing the lead to 5 - 0. The players of PARTIZAN now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. PARTIZAN's R. Sarusi refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 59 minutes. PARTIZAN players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. J. Falch squirmed through their central defence after 64 minutes, increasing the lead to 6 - 0. 72 minutes in, PARTIZAN's R. Lafleur received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. G. Daleiden was ever so close to scoring after an excellent corner was beautifully flicked on by R. Sarusi, but the ball bounced off the post to safety. PARTIZAN solidified their lead at the 76 minute mark, as C. Walkusz dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 7 - 0. PARTIZAN managed to extend their lead to 8 - 0 when B. Sengl cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 85 minutes, PARTIZAN did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, C. Fábián was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 9 - 0. With 86 minutes played, PARTIZAN put themselves up 10 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to J. Falch, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. At that, J. Falch was noted down for a hat trick! Possession in this half belonged to PARTIZAN, who controlled the ball 75 percent of the time.

PARTIZAN's top performer was clearly C. Fábián. However, D. Juka made a disastrous appearance. T. Vujević performed admirably for ARSENAL. A. Duica was a disappointment, however. The match ends 10 - 0.