Cukuni 3 - 2 Droljice (382809796)

64126 spectators had come to Žuć Kamen this cloudy day. Marlon Stevenson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Raphaël Brocard and Raimund Depenhörn. Cukuni decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Lovreković - Marcocchi, Uña, Koniak - Kurlapski, Amill, Oprea, Gali, Sanelma - Mammana, Jaziri.

Droljice tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Oonishi - Scippa, Keshet, Ban - Heinikainen, Odriozola, Berg, Obad, Libelle - Gregersen, Rubio Envite.

6 minutes into the match, Droljice nearly took the lead, as F. Obad broke through on the right. Z. Lovreković made the save, however. 7 minutes into the game Cukuni managed a counterattack, but A. Mammana took a soft shot from the left flank that was easy prey for the alert keeper. After 20 minutes, Droljice's F. Obad made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave C. Oprea from Cukuni a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 33 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Y. Jaziri was ever so close to scoring after an excellent corner was beautifully flicked on by A. Amill, but the ball bounced off the post to safety. A well placed corner kick from G. Keshet was followed by C. Odriozola's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for Droljice, the score now 0 - 2. Cukuni's C. Oprea refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 43 minutes. It was 0 - 2 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Cukuni, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

Unhappy with the result so far in the game, the Cukuni manager used a brief break in play after 46 minutes to give the players new directives. After 46 minutes, Cukuni used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. Cukuni's fans were urging them forward as they tried to get back into the game, and their vocal support was rewarded 47 minutes into the match as R. Marcocchi ran onto a beautiful ball played through the visitors' defence and slotted it past the keeper to reduce the deficit. 1 - 2. Due to some great work on the right wing Cukuni's Ł. Kurlapski was able to even the score after 65 minutes to make the score 2 - 2. Cukuni had a chance to take the lead after C. Oprea's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 79 minutes. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to Ł. Kurlapski, but the Cukuni player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 3 - 2! The home side's R. Marcocchi came close to extending the lead 89 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but S. Oonishi managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. Cukuni had most of the ball, with 52 percent of possession.

A. Mammana performed admirably for Cukuni. Ł. Kurlapski was a disappointment, however. Droljice's top performer was clearly S. Oonishi. On the other hand, W. Ban's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 2.