bećari 0 - 3 Kumovi (382817062)

The 33872 spectators at MARLES Arena were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Heribert Grois was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Harald Molik and Dolf Honkoop. bećari had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Mulhof - Vichéry, Lazarov, Bach - Delpeuch, Meyer, Dego, Humeres, Mamić - Aninat, van Eupen.

Kumovi started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. Starters: Eban - Lanzenstiel, Badocchi, Caligari - Blanco, Yanyov, Musella, Topola - Matas, Terzić, Terzić.

It was an obvious ambition of bećari to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. The guests took the lead 2 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in J. Matas scoring to make it 0 - 1. It was obvious that bećari had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. With 8 minutes played, bećari's L. Aninat found an opening in the visitors' left side defence, but his shot was handled easily by the keeper. R. Humeres made a superb strike after 16 minutes with a shot straight in front of the goal after a long ball through the middle, but one of the visitors' defenders got a foot in at the last second and warded it off for a corner. Halftime score was 0 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to bećari, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.

bećari's L. Aninat almost tied things up with 65 minutes played after breaking through on the right, but his shot deflected off the post. A well placed corner kick from J. Lanzenstiel was followed by G. Musella's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for Kumovi, the score now 0 - 2. With 70 minutes played, Kumovi put themselves up 0 - 3 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was M. Terzić. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Kumovi lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. bećari had most of the ball, with 59 percent of possession.

bećari's top performer was clearly R. Humeres. On the other hand, W. Bach's play was disheartening. The most dominating Kumovi player was without a doubt M. Terzić. However, G. Musella made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 3.