Knight 2 - 0 markovec (382733719)

62405 spectators had come to Dead Ground this cloudy day. Domenico Küenzi was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ermanno Scardamaglio and Donathan Peeters. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Knight. Lineup: Kenan - Augustin, Bech - Colonna, Lédl, Juvan, Egestorf, Repar - Juutilainen, Mährlein, Zadok.

markovec tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Botía - Spendel, Cano, Örgen - Vallejos, Mergentheim, Dehllund, Ghioane, Östberg - Höhle, Läufle.

Down the middle came M. Dehllund, making a fantastic play that nearly had markovec take the lead after 7 minutes, but E. Kenan preserved the tie. After 23 minutes, J. Bech sent the corner kick right to R. Augustin who headed it sharply past the keeper. 1 - 0! A cross coming in on the right hand side left P. Vallejos alone in front of the goal after 34 minutes but his shot was woeful. Coming through the middle R. Ghioane almost scored the equaliser for markovec after 38 minutes, but E. Kenan made an excellent save, tipping the awkwardly curled shot past the post. With 43 minutes played, K. Juutilainen of Knight fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Halftime score was 1 - 0. Knight enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.

With 74 minutes played, the markovec coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. A. Kayıhan came on, G. Spendel had to leave the fray. M. Dehllund was the new captain of markovec - handed the armband by the departing player. Cheers filled the stadium as K. Juutilainen broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to Knight. markovec certainly deserved a goal after some stunning play down the left, but K. Cano just wasn't able to finish. Good work by the Knight defensive line after 80 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found B. Repar alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. Knight had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

Knight's best player was U. Mährlein. B. Repar was a disappointment, however. Most important markovec player was G. Läufle. S. Östberg on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 0.