kros81 3 - 2 SlivenHooligans (382580424)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 47863 at kros81 Arena today. Markus Biland was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Yair Shaharabani and Jean-Claude Mixon. kros81 started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Stensson - Jeremias, Unanue, Itev, Atanasov - Mouton, Zeilner, Lázare, Boyadzhiev - Danielsson, Rabinovich.

SlivenHooligans decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Kalous - Niehues, Georgi, do Confurco - Kocanek, Nadziņš, Pincella, Gasparri, Yermo - Österfeldt, Brun.

After some beautiful movement down the left wing, H. Lázare scored for kros81 putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 7 minutes. Undaunted, SlivenHooligans managed to tie it all up after 8 minutes, with S. Österfeldt's lucky free kick. The score was 1 - 1. P. Unanue of kros81 received a yellow card after 24 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. 1 - 1 was the score after the first half. kros81 enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.

After 57 minutes, SlivenHooligans put themselves up 1 - 2, as V. Pincella finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. Y. Boyadzhiev's speed was almost enough to give kros81 a goal after 63 minutes, but his nice pass to M. Danielsson was not taken care of properly. With 70 minutes played, the kros81 coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. T. Solakov came on, D. Mouton had to leave the fray. kros81's M. Danielsson proved that he's been around on a football pitch before, when he took advantage of a few moments of confusion in the opposition's defensive line and elegantly scored for 2 - 2. 85 minutes into the game, SlivenHooligans wanted to bring some new energy to their game. P. Georgi gave J. Corbarán a quick hug as he left the field. kros81 broke through on the left 85 minutes into the game, with I. Rabinovich firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 3 - 2 lead. This part of the game was a standoff between the teams in terms of possession.

The most dominating kros81 player was without a doubt I. Rabinovich. However, I. Itev made a disastrous appearance. S. Österfeldt performed admirably for SlivenHooligans. I. Nadziņš was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 2.