Nk vezac 3 - 0 DR9DR (382823396)

22505 spectators had found their way to poljud, despite the heavy rain. Scott Heafield was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Per Ånesen and Aaron Koopmans. Nk vezac decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. They fielded: Larszyk - Bertalan, Di Nicola, Granollachs, Skafidas - Krian, Kokić, Gundulić, Benavent - Grove, Cerezuela.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for DR9DR. The following players took the field: Voicu - Isaksson, Pavelin, Bošković, Bodó - Potočnik, Bradica, Antonioletti, Mezzogori - Glibo, Ruano.

Nk vezac clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. DR9DR showed off their creative tactics. M. Gundulić neatly controlled the ball after a short corner, and knocked it on to L. Skafidas who had the whole net open before him, but only managed to hit the post. Some great play up the middle by Nk vezac led to a chance for A. Cerezuela to score after 21 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. 23 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Nk vezac was H. Krian. V. Glibo was uncomfortable with the soggy pitch as he couldn't move the ball around with his usual grace. After 30 minutes, Nk vezac's A. Cerezuela found the back of the goal with a beautiful free kick. 2 - 0. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Nk vezac lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. After 33 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by Nk vezac was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. 34 minutes into the game DR9DR managed a counterattack, but B. Isaksson took a soft shot from the left flank that was easy prey for the alert keeper. L. Mezzogori slipped and slithered in the wet grass. His usual rapid runs were nowhere to be seen today. Halftime score was 2 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to Nk vezac, who controlled the ball 61 percent of the time.

Things were deteriorating for the away team as Nk vezac scored another to make it 3 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for Z. Bertalan after 58 minutes. Coming from the right, B. Grove almost managed to score another goal for Nk vezac, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. A great save by keeper P. Voicu after 61 minutes kept the visitors in the game after B. Grove struck from the left with a real cannonball. Nk vezac had most of the ball, with 61 percent of possession.

The most dominating Nk vezac player was without a doubt B. Grove. H. Krian turned in a dismal performance, however. DR9DR's top performer was clearly W. Antonioletti. L. Mezzogori on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 0.