HIRT 0 - 1 Kremencek (382737417)

23576 spectators arrived at Arena Blejski tepih, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Casper Witt was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Marco António da Silva and Aleksander Pilorz. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for HIRT. The following players took the field: Šoštarec - Kocbek, Danielson, Simonetič - Lavretič, Peršič, Štorovnik, Sernak, Stipanovič - Sivko, Slakar.

Kremencek started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Drljepan - Burkia, Jardim, Aboitiz - Tullskog, Lopo, Boerhave, Kamničar, Šinigoj - Jaksa, Hulst.

D. Šinigoj of Kremencek was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Making his way up the middle 14 minutes into the match, M. Sivko almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert G. Drljepan blocked it to keep the score level. Kremencek took the lead after 16 minutes making the score 0 - 1. M. Kamničar placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. Halftime score was 0 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by HIRT, with 52 percent of the ball.

Some things can only be learned through experience, and V. Kocbek should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting Kremencek a goal with 69 minutes of the match played. Always quick and a menace to his opponents, Z. Jaksa was very close to getting through after 73 minutes, but he could only put the ball into the keeper's arms. After 82 minutes, HIRT's M. Sivko fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! After 85 minutes, a deliberate handball from Kremencek's D. Šinigoj was judged to be his second bookable offence, and he was sent off. HIRT enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 56 percent of possession.

Most important HIRT player was F. Štorovnik. On the other hand, M. Sivko's play was disheartening. L. Lopo performed admirably for Kremencek. However, M. Kamničar made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 1.