Bačkova 3 - 3 AMATER (382734715)

Dark skies made the crowd of 33693 at Drvanja Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Guido Gragnani was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Joonas Hattula and Torquato Bottero. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Bačkova. The following players took the field: Schülke - Guillaume, Tienhaara, Mouton - Skender, Skoglund, Lucuţă, Arkema, Satchwell - Louverdis, Facheira.

AMATER had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Szabó - da Seara, Pelíšek, Miller - Sarcinelli, Petrakos, Brelih, Delaunay, Chrześcijański - Reder, Grupp-Bolzen.

AMATER used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. Bačkova were very close to putting themselves one up after 2 minutes as E. Arkema got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. AMATER were great at switching from defence to attack, and after 18 minutes, X. da Seara swept through the middle on a counterattack, making the score 0 - 1. 20 minutes into the game, Bačkova's T. Satchwell surprised the visitors with a raking cross-field pass to Y. Louverdis who easily found the back of the net, making the score 1 - 1. 33 minutes into the game, a swerving free kick by T. Satchwell almost resulted in the home team taking the lead, but the shot glanced harmlessly off the frame of the goal. N. Sarcinelli of AMATER received a yellow card after 34 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Bačkova had a good opportunity to take the lead as L. Skender came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of B. Szabó. Halftime score was 1 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Bačkova, with 54 percent of the ball.

A well placed corner kick from T. Satchwell was followed by L. Skender's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for Bačkova, the score now 2 - 1. AMATER tied it all up, 57 minutes in, after a spectacular goal by R. Reder, who miraculously broke through the home side's central defence, making it 2 - 2. 69 minutes into the match and the home team took a 3 - 2 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Bačkova was A. Facheira. After 71 minutes, the visitors levelled the scores after X. da Seara made it through the middle and struck home to make it 3 - 3. Bačkova enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

The most dominating Bačkova player was without a doubt C. Lucuţă. L. Guillaume on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important AMATER player was L. Petrakos. However, B. Szabó made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 3.