Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 62957 at
Stadion Heroja Oluje today.
Olaf Waidringer was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Piotr Buliński and
Héctor Ansaldo.
A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Droljice.
They fielded: Oonishi - Scippa, Kovtun, Ban - Heinikainen, Odriozola, Berg, Obad, Libelle - Gregersen, Rubio Envite.
Isosport decided to use a 3-5-2 set up.
Starters: Mottais - Perkušić, Lazzerini, Palacios - Preveden, Komarić, Hawker, Zudenigo, Belloni - Nancy, Brara.
After 8 minutes of play,
E. Gregersen gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right.
In a rapid move 28 minutes into the match,
L. Nancy of Isosport lost his man and passed the ball to the unmarked
E. Brara who easily hit it home to make it 1 - 1. Luckily the ref didn't see him taunting the opposing fans in celebration - naughty boy!
32 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Droljice to take the lead after a good cross from the right found
R. Rubio Envite alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post.
After 40 minutes Droljice's
P. Heinikainen had to be carried off on a stretcher in agony.
H. Badetscher came in to replace him.
At 43 minutes played,
F. Obad came in from the right with the intention of giving Droljice the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar.
Halftime score was 1 - 1.
Possession in this half belonged to Droljice, who controlled the ball 62 percent of the time.
Droljice's
E. Gregersen was shown a yellow card after 49 minutes for slicing down an opponent.
Droljice made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left
M. Libelle completely alone with keeper
M. Mottais, who made a spectacular block.
As the 63 minute mark approached, the Isosport coach decided it was time for a substitution.
G. Belloni reluctantly made way for
G. Djambić on the pitch.
Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Droljice, with 63 percent of the ball.
E. Gregersen performed admirably for Droljice.
However,
W. Ban made a disastrous appearance.
Isosport's best player was
J. Preveden.
I. Perkušić on the other hand, had a terrible day.
The match ends 1 - 1.