Olimpija 7 - 0 Zvezda (382748730)

Clouds darkened the skies at Arena Stožice as 29488 spectators turned up for the match. Mattias Karlsson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Danny Kruitbosch and Gerry Rossin. People from all over Celje had joined up for the derby. Olimpija tactics involved an interesting 5-3-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Boix - Esteíbar, Artuso, Gade Hastrup, Tessler, Bruinsma - Vermorgen, Heltzel, Rappaport - Luosujärvi, Moreau.

Zvezda decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Starters: Arh - Šusteršič, Belc, Skerlak, Prešern - Klander, Pustovrh, Bečaj, Lipušček - Selčan, Kocijan.

Olimpija decided to play creatively. After 5 minutes of play, J. Heltzel gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. With 26 minutes played, Olimpija put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to A. Luosujärvi, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. After this, you could see that the players of Olimpija were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. A well-executed free kick by Y. Rappaport after 39 minutes made it 3 - 0 for Olimpija. The head of A. Luosujärvi connected with a corner kick after 40 minutes, and the ball ended up with W. Vermorgen of Olimpija who blasted the ball into the net, making the score 4 - 0. A great save by keeper E. Arh after 41 minutes kept the visitors in the game after A. Luosujärvi struck from the left with a real cannonball. It was 4 - 0 at the break. Olimpija claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 76 percent.

Y. Rappaport increased Olimpija's lead to 5 - 0 with a penalty spot cannonball. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Olimpija to 6 - 0 as E. Tessler finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, I. Bruinsma got himself booked. The manager of Olimpija was not happy. Olimpija's A. Luosujärvi swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball. 78 minutes into the match, Y. Rappaport could have extended the lead, but his powerful free kick went just over the bar. 84 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as J. Moreau broke through, making the score 7 - 0 for Olimpija. Olimpija had most of the ball, with 75 percent of possession.

A. Luosujärvi performed admirably for Olimpija. However, P. Artuso made a disastrous appearance. Zvezda's top performer was clearly D. Bečaj. E. Arh turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 7 - 0.