Manusok 1 - 1 Rugólábúak (383864347)

The 34338 spectators at Álmok Bábszínháza were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Maxime Drogt was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Filomeno Vélez and Petre Cruceanu. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Manusok. Starters: Meikle - Eklund, Hajdu, Hrachovec - Bánó, Zalavári, Várközi, Sidó, Novák - Györkös, Baticz.

Rugólábúak tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Dodebier - Haquin, Róbert, 瑞宏 (Ruihong) - Filep, Szrnka, Kiss, Bor, Nistor - Fuligni, Ireland.

Manusok were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. A questionable penalty 9 minutes in gave the home side the lead, 1 - 0. The visitors' goalie didn't stand a chance as F. Hrachovec knocked the ball home. The referee showed Rugólábúak's P. Kiss the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Rugólábúak's J. Ireland left the field after 29 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was R. Lamprecht. The sun seemed to put R. Lamprecht in a great mood, and he showed off his technical skills all match long. G. Fuligni came close to levelling the score 40 minutes into the game, as he was set up with a through ball coming in from the left, but his shot hit the post. 41 minutes into the game Rugólábúak's P. Kiss found a gap in the home side's central defence and scored with a fabulous shot, making it 1 - 1. 1 - 1 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Manusok, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

After 74 minutes, following yet another great corner, L. Várközi's flick on at the near post reached R. Novák, who was just wide with his snapshot - the ball went out for a goal kick. Many thought Z. Györkös ought to have been awarded a penalty 78 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around J. Dodebier after a determined run through the middle. Manusok claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

The most dominating Manusok player was without a doubt G. Sidó. However, P. Meikle made a disastrous appearance. V. Bor performed admirably for Rugólábúak. R. Lamprecht on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 1.