Maccabi 3 - 0 supercat (382951332)

31700 spectators had come to Francisco Narvaez Arena this cloudy day. Patryk Wicha was the appointed referee. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Maccabi. The following players had been chosen: Eklund - Widmaier, Hampton - Tuğtekin, Cicero, Janićijević, Wirbals, Korsgaard - Barhena, Comparato, Many.

supercat decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. They fielded: Segel - Pataki, Peterka, Vaižmužis, Gándara - Herics, Velea, Velardo, Krashi - Prorok, Pedrosa.

The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when V. Peterka was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 19 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! Down the middle came P. Herics, making a fantastic play that nearly had supercat take the lead after 34 minutes, but V. Eklund preserved the tie. After 41 minutes, M. Wirbals sent the corner kick right to N. Widmaier who headed it sharply past the keeper. 1 - 0! 1 - 0 was the halftime score. Maccabi had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

Unhappy with the result so far in the game, the supercat manager used a brief break in play after 46 minutes to give the players new directives. A. Korsgaard of Maccabi was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. The supercat players listened closely to their manager, as he gave new tactical instructions for the team. The visitors' equaliser seemed sure to come after 59 minutes, following a one on one situation around the left hand side of the goal area, but V. Eklund got the best of it, blocking the shot from B. Velea. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Maccabi coach let D. Vercetti replace F. Tuğtekin after 60 minutes. M. Wirbals left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 60 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. K. Niinipuro was the replacement. K. Niinipuro became the new Maccabi captain. D. Vercetti unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Maccabi scored another to make it 2 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for J. Hampton after 63 minutes. The supercat coach was desperate to reverse his team's fortunes in the game, and ordered his team to change strategy. After 79 minutes, F. Barhena put Maccabi ahead 3 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. 83 minutes in, Maccabi's B. Cicero received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Maccabi claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.

Maccabi's top performer was clearly B. Cicero. However, P. Comparato made a disastrous appearance. Most important supercat player was B. Velea. H. Gándara on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 0.