Požrtvovani 2 - 3 SaLeToVi (382621343)

Dark skies made the crowd of 36084 at Arena PAKLA a little nervous, but the rain held off. Patrik Ekenmo was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Marcos Inausti and Reto Cantieni. Požrtvovani started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Kowalczewski - Gabali, Alichkov, Fushtica - Verheylezoon, Bāle, Kołosiński, Ceglédi, Krzesak - Mocciolo, Matuszak.

SaLeToVi tactics involved an interesting 5-2-3 combination. They fielded: Gustavsson - Dutton, Baeck, Waselius, Salonkari, Sağlar - Scarpini, Kayra - Andrišiūnas, Stavrum, Heinen.

SaLeToVi were relying on their ability to counter-attack. Having just succeeded in blocking a dangerous counter attack, the defending team was outwitted by the follow-up SaLeToVi free kick. The routine was expertly executed as the ball was shifted quickly to one side of the box, then back to the other. M. Baeck appeared on cue near the post, and steered it past the goalie. 0 - 1, after 16 minutes. An indecisive keeper looked on as a free kick by SaLeToVi's A. Scarpini put the visitors up 0 - 2 after 23 minutes. After this, you could see that the players of SaLeToVi were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. SaLeToVi's J. Dutton was shown a yellow card after 25 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 0 - 2 was the score after the first half. Požrtvovani enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 66 percent of possession.

59 minutes into the match, Požrtvovani's E. Bāle collected a ball sent down the right and put it in the back of the net, narrowing the score to 1 - 2. After 62 minutes SaLeToVi's H. Stavrum limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. The crowd chanted their encouragement as Požrtvovani's N. Mocciolo came in from the right after 63 minutes and put the ball in the net to level the score at 2 - 2. H. Stavrum's lightning pace was too much for V. Alichkov who could only look on as the SaLeToVi player blasted one home. 2 - 3. Good work by the SaLeToVi defensive line after 73 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found A. Heinen alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. Požrtvovani claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 66 percent.

Most important Požrtvovani player was N. Mocciolo. On the other hand, R. Gabali's play was disheartening. SaLeToVi's best player was R. Gustavsson. D. Kayra on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 3.