Orli 1 - 2 katapult (382733762)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 70696 that came out to Orlov Grad. Xavier Hasan was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alexander T. Löven and Gianpiero Colaci. Orli tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players took the field: Quliyev - Cammareri, Pucci, Rambli, Bertelsen - Marchand, Bizjak, Zdravič, van der Woerd - Salej, Endres.

katapult started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Pasahovich - Vincze, Summermatter, Louette - Jørgensen, Barraza, Selinger, Maestro, van Bart - Koppers, Maze.

Today, Orli's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Given a free kick in a difficult position after 8 minutes, katapult tried a variation that they had practised in training. The kick was sent into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and allowed no space for a finish. After 20 minutes, katapult put themselves up 0 - 1, as N. Maze finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. It was a hot and sunny day, and several players seemed worn out. Maybe this was why M. Maestro found an unusual amount of space for his snappy footwork. katapult's M. Maestro got himself booked for a foul. Orli's G. Endres finished emphatically to make the score 1 -1 after 37 minutes, after the enigmatic C. Salej pulled a delightful long pass from his box of tricks to bypass the defence. Down the middle came M. Maestro, making a fantastic play that nearly had katapult take the lead after 41 minutes, but M. Quliyev preserved the tie. This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when P. Jørgensen slipped through the defence on the right to come up alone against M. Quliyev, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning reflexes. The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when S. van Bart was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 43 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! Making his way up the middle 44 minutes into the match, F. Pucci almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert A. Pasahovich blocked it to keep the score level. Halftime score was 1 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to katapult, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

Many thought F. Marchand ought to have been awarded a penalty 51 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around A. Pasahovich after a determined run through the middle. katapult's J. Koppers gave the visitors a 1 - 2 lead after 52 minutes with a superb strike from the right. Č. Bizjak charged down the left and had a wonderful opportunity to score the equaliser for Orli, but the shot went well wide of the goal. A. Pasahovich wanted to play on, but the katapult coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 89 minutes into the game by F. Egebjerg. As the captain was no longer on the pitch, F. Egebjerg took over the role of being the katapult captain. katapult claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

The most dominating Orli player was without a doubt C. Salej. F. Pucci was a disappointment, however. N. Maze performed admirably for katapult. On the other hand, G. Louette's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 2.