Romanovsk 5 - 0 Frankcity (383924770)

The 25795 fans in attendance at Happy Arena were roasting in the hot sun. Eddy Max was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Christer Kyhlstål and Taavi Häkkilä. Romanovsk decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Marrocco - Lains, Fin, Calamandrei - Köksal, Yağbasan, Veyrat, Ardaş, Żółtaszek - Cotroneo, Salado.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Frankcity. Lineup: Annási - Majzinger, Szabó, Tisza, Tóth - Antal, Gazsovics, Kántor, Takács, Kovács - Lehocký.

Frankcity preferred to finish off their attacks from a distance. Romanovsk made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left S. Salado completely alone with keeper Á. Annási, who made a spectacular block. A questionable penalty 16 minutes in gave the home side the lead, 1 - 0. The visitors' goalie didn't stand a chance as T. Calamandrei knocked the ball home. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. S. Salado squirmed through their central defence after 17 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. Romanovsk solidified their lead at the 20 minute mark, as M. Żółtaszek dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 3 - 0. The players of Romanovsk now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. K. Yağbasan should probably have put his team up another goal after 27 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by Á. Annási kept the visitors in the game. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 0. Romanovsk claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 64 percent.

With 50 minutes played, the Frankcity coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. F. Csertői came on, S. Lehocký had to leave the fray. M. Żółtaszek could have put Romanovsk up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 50 minutes. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Romanovsk's I. Lains increasing the lead to 4 - 0. The fierce heat made it important to save breath, and after a few swift runs I. Cotroneo found it hard to get back into position. 79 minutes in, F. Antal made an incredible run up the middle and nearly reduced the home side's lead, but G. Marrocco refused to let the ball slip by him. After 81 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and S. Veyrat gave the Romanovsk supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 5 - 0. Romanovsk had most of the ball, with 66 percent of possession.

S. Salado performed admirably for Romanovsk. G. Marrocco on the other hand, had a terrible day. Frankcity's top performer was clearly Z. Kovács. However, Á. Tisza made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 5 - 0.