kralj 0 - 1 kolomast (382620352)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 71324 at Kraljeva Palača today. kralj started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. Starters: Inczédi - Duarte, García Castris, Tomić, Bello - Domazet, Igartua, Behnane, Espasens, Giménez - Gačanović.

A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for kolomast. The following players had been chosen: Žepina - Šoštarić, Borovinić - Pavlović, Bačković, Pljevljak, Arslanagić, Horozović - Boljanović, Frković, Skopljak.

kolomast's P. Šoštarić managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 4 minutes. 0 - 1. kralj's N. Giménez put his head to a high ball coming in from the right after 17 minutes, but the ball went wide. 24 minutes into the game, kolomast worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. After 33 minutes of game time, M. Pavlović had an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors' lead, clipping a volley hooked in from the right, but B. Inczédi was in the right place and tipped the ball over for a corner. No matter how hard he tried, R. Gačanović just couldn't get his shot past the visitors' right side defence after 34 minutes. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. kolomast claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

Although the whole team were struggling to impress, kralj's S. Behnane was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 71 minutes. L. Altomonte was given a chance to change things around. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from P. Frković after 71 minutes, and prevented kolomast from going up another goal. kralj were awarded a penalty 74 minutes into the game, but R. Gačanović didn't make a good job of it and F. Žepina managed to save. With 81 minutes played, after a good run down the left, L. Altomonte went down looking for a penalty after a challenge from the visitors' right fullback, but the referee waved play on, and later warned him for diving. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by kolomast, with 51 percent of the ball.

kralj's top performer was clearly N. Giménez. On the other hand, A. Espasens's play was disheartening. kolomast's best player was A. Skopljak. N. Boljanović turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 1.