Surikatky 1 - 0 Stars (383784667)

A scorching day at DM stadium, where 31418 spectators were in place for today's match. Andreas Läfvenquist was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Felix Mekaseh Hadeshe and Tim Klein. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Surikatky. They fielded: Smilnický - Domkowitsch, Jankulič, Lengua - Kredatus, Mante, Zátvarnický, Nielen, Bros Nielsen - Kohajda, Buko.

Stars tactics involved an interesting 4-3-3 combination. Starters: Casino - Koza, Uzunov, Hordijk, Cedrés - Nimni, Gaustad, Aichhorn - Brokmose, Bindohf-Brauchschild, Schriber.

For their match strategy, Stars had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. Stars's counterattacks created a good chance for F. Bindohf-Brauchschild on the right after 24 minutes, but he could only look on with dismay as his strike rebounded off the crossbar. 35 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Surikatky to take the lead after a good cross from the right found K. Bros Nielsen alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. 0 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to Surikatky, who controlled the ball 63 percent of the time.

Surikatky had to manage with a reduced squad after 56 minutes, as R. Nielen got sent off for a needless foul away from the game's action. Surikatky's J. Jankulič tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. S. Mante gave Surikatky the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 After 74 minutes, Surikatky's H. Lengua fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! A. Cedrés neatly controlled the ball after a short corner, and knocked it on to K. Koza who had the whole net open before him, but only managed to hit the post. J. Jankulič could have put Surikatky up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 81 minutes. Several players seemed a little dazed by the warm weather, and were repeatedly tricked by the clever and agile F. Bindohf-Brauchschild. The visitors' equaliser seemed sure to come after 85 minutes, following a one on one situation around the left hand side of the goal area, but S. Smilnický got the best of it, blocking the shot from F. Bindohf-Brauchschild. Surikatky claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

Most important Surikatky player was S. Buko. S. Mante turned in a dismal performance, however. Stars's best player was F. Bindohf-Brauchschild. A. Uzunov on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 0.