Maria 3 - 2 CSKAG (382596885)

31074 spectators arrived at СК "Младен Йорданов", where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Petar Beltrami was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Segundo Vértiz and Biel Adroher. Maria tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Carneiro - Stoev, Coman, Vega Rivero - Ermida, Krústev, Todorov, Gschiel, Buchinski - Sergeev, Boyadzhiev.

CSKAG started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. They fielded: Siñeriz - Mihaylov, Ben, Collet, Fajardo - Niilonen, Sjöberg, Van Hoogten, Janasek, Popov - Eryalçın.

Today, Maria's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when L. Janasek slipped through the defence on the right to come up alone against U. Carneiro, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning reflexes. The corner kick from M. Eryalçın was powerfully met by the head of J. Sjöberg to make the score 0 - 1. No matter how hard he tried, T. Gschiel just couldn't get his shot past the visitors' right side defence after 37 minutes. CSKAG's counterattacks were lethal to the opposing defence, allowing C. Collet to score easily from the right flank for 0 - 2. 0 - 2 was the score after the first half. Maria enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 72 percent of possession.

Players in Maria heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. Maria supporters cheered as good work down the right got the ball to P. Sergeev who reduced the visitors' lead after 78 minutes to 1 - 2. 79 minutes into the match, L. Fajardo came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. Maria had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. The crowd chanted their encouragement as Maria's B. Stoev came in from the right after 86 minutes and put the ball in the net to level the score at 2 - 2. Maria took the lead, 3 - 2, after a penalty 87 minutes into the match. U. Vega Rivero scored from the penalty spot. CSKAG's N. Niilonen got himself booked for a foul. After 89 minutes Maria's M. Boyadzhiev limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. Maria had most of the ball, with 74 percent of possession.

Most important Maria player was G. Krústev. On the other hand, U. Vega Rivero's play was disheartening. F. Van Hoogten performed admirably for CSKAG. N. Siñeriz on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 2.