Mladost 2 - 0 hladno (382855821)

The crowd of 12000 turning up at stadion ludnica today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Rafique Sirimou was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Erich Kouwenberg and Pavel Syřiště. Mladost started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Caleta - Mezić, Šimenc, Rogić, Gruban - Livadić, Ranković, Martinac, Vidačak - Glamuzina, Mijatović.

hladno tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Starters: Tkalić - Nadić, Štambuk, Saftić, Počuča - Ramov, Ricov, Dragić, Bartulović - Vugrinec, Prodanović.

It was a bad day for the usually speedy T. Bartulović. The mud seemed to slow him down. hladno's D. Ramov was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 18 minutes. Some great play up the middle by Mladost led to a chance for M. Mijatović to score after 18 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. With 24 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of hladno resulted in a counterattack that set G. Počuča free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. Making his way up the middle 29 minutes into the match, M. Mijatović almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert N. Tkalić blocked it to keep the score level. D. Ramov of hladno got sent off for kicking the ball after the whistle, a completely uncalled for move, earning him his second yellow card of the game. 34 minutes into the game, a swerving free kick by N. Mezić almost resulted in the home team taking the lead, but the shot glanced harmlessly off the frame of the goal. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Mladost, with 70 percent of the ball.

After a fine move down the middle J. Glamuzina nearly gave the home side a goal after 53 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. A. Gruban fired a shot from distance after 56 minutes, but the long shot couldn't find the net for Mladost. After 57 minutes, N. Mezić came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving Mladost the lead. The rain made it hard for players like L. Vugrinec to show their technical control of the ball on this soggy day. Mladost managed to extend their lead to 2 - 0 when L. Vidačak cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. After this, you could see that the players of Mladost were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. Possession in this half belonged to Mladost, who controlled the ball 69 percent of the time.

Mladost's best player was J. Glamuzina. However, P. Caleta made a disastrous appearance. hladno's top performer was clearly G. Počuča. On the other hand, V. Štambuk's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 0.