Malacky 4 - 2 Kamelia (383785607)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 30165 at Gold Arena today. Reto Rager was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Saimir Lama and Fritz Buller. Malacky tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Bobol - Korčák, Puskás, Chassidim - Krejčí, Meysel, Ľuptáčik, Kuzmič, Anjel - Lalík, Tršo.

Kamelia decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Sygut - Joó, Gava, Basaez - Suditu, Halecký, Šamudovský, Ohradzanský, Boule - Sáinz Quintana, Lehtikangas.

It was an obvious ambition of Malacky to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. After 21 minutes, I. Tršo came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving Malacky the lead. An equalising goal seemed certain after 23 minutes when M. Gava attacked down the left wing, but A. Bobol just managed to make a save to keep the ball out of the net. After 25 minutes, I. Tršo put Malacky ahead 2 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. The away team improved the scoreline to 2 - 1, as M. Boule struck home, set up well by a play on the left 27 minutes into the match. 28 minutes into the match Kamelia's M. Boule head butted an opponent nastily, and so the referee sent him off immediately. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Malacky, with 53 percent of the ball.

Some brilliant football from the visitors' right wing resulted in a levelling of the score as Kamelia's C. Joó put the ball in the onion bag after 60 minutes to make it 2 - 2. The coach of Malacky wanted to try to change things around after 61 minutes, and gave new tactical instructions. 61 minutes into the match, the Malacky manager wanted to try a new tactic, and the players loyally obliged. Kamelia's M. Lehtikangas got himself booked for a foul. Malacky took the lead 69 minutes into the game by 3 - 2, as P. Lalík elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. As the game started to slip away for Kamelia, the manager decided to change the tactical approach. After 70 minutes, Kamelia used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. B. Ľuptáčik increased the lead for Malacky to 4 - 2, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! Possession in this half belonged to Malacky, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

Malacky's best player was P. Lalík. T. Meysel on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Kamelia player was without a doubt D. Sáinz Quintana. However, J. Sygut made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 4 - 2.