diabolik 6 - 2 ESPOIR (385960618)

25920 spectators had come to diabolik fc stadium this cloudy day. Bruce Jack was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Anton Pricop and Falko Knizat. diabolik decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Iepureanu - Mutel, Silber, Bernard - Moine, Shemesh, Maganya, Mlinarić, Ocana - Byon, Norman.

ESPOIR tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Carrizo - Beñat, Windheim, Lepskas - Lespagnol, Sergen, Wojtala, Alberti, Onderík - Candales, Miglietta.

diabolik seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. ESPOIR immediately set off using their skill at pressing their opponents. 26 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for diabolik was C. Bernard. Clever play that showed his experience gave T. Ocana a good chance to score, but the shot hit the crossbar. 29 minutes into the game ESPOIR's R. Lepskas found a gap in the home side's central defence and scored with a fabulous shot, making it 1 - 1. ESPOIR's A. Wojtala was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 36 minutes. At this time in the match, ESPOIR were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. After 39 minutes of play, G. Mlinarić gave the home team a 2 - 1 lead after an attack coming in from the right. The crowd was silenced 40 minutes into the match as the visiting team's A. Wojtala came in from the left, levelling the score to 2 - 2. 2 - 2 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by diabolik, with 58 percent of the ball.

Making his way up the middle 57 minutes into the match, A. Norman almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert E. Carrizo blocked it to keep the score level. With 59 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 3 - 2 lead as C. Bernard flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. diabolik were given a gift! The ref dubiously awarded them a penalty 60 minutes into the match, which was neatly put away by K. Byon. 4 - 2 for the home side. The diabolik players could smell victory in the air. T. Ocana wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for A. Dupont after 68 minutes. S. Silber was the new captain of diabolik - handed the armband by the departing player. diabolik made it 5 - 2 as B. Mutel got a touch to the floated corner kick and flicked the ball to G. Shemesh who whipped a low drive in off the far post. Cheers filled the stadium as K. Byon broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 6 - 2 to diabolik. A. Norman wanted to play on, but the diabolik coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 76 minutes into the game by G. Rodriguez. The pressing tactics used by ESPOIR were successful as the ball remained close to the half way line at all times. Possession in this half belonged to diabolik, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

diabolik's top performer was clearly K. Byon. On the other hand, C. Bernard's play was disheartening. The most dominating ESPOIR player was without a doubt G. Miglietta. E. Carrizo was a disappointment, however. The match ends 6 - 2.