Fusiarze 3 - 2 Czarny (387287428)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 28742 at Fusiarze Arena today. Toros Paytak was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Filipe de Deus and Agustín Borgoño. Fusiarze decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Napierała - Göransson, Vaquero, 白樺 (Baihua) - Lichterfelde, Geusen, Sebbesse, Pürahenk, Narbona - Radler, Torrisi.

Czarny tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Ochayon - Sondej, Blaga, Hemmelder - Masson, Lenzi, Razzini, Caseres, Stepnowski - Groener, Brauers.

6 minutes into the game, W. Brauers had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. After 17 minutes of play, J. Narbona gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. Coming from the right, T. Geusen almost managed to score another goal for Fusiarze, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. After 26 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and L. Lichterfelde gave the Fusiarze supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 2 - 0. Fusiarze's T. Geusen had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 28 minutes having been played. F. Salas was the replacement. 32 minutes in, B. Groener made an incredible run up the middle and nearly reduced the home side's lead, but S. Napierała refused to let the ball slip by him. Fusiarze will have to do without P. Torrisi for a time, due to a bad foot injury at the 35 minute mark. He was substituted by I. Pavlov. As the captain was no longer on the pitch, 黄. 白樺 (Baihua) took over the role of being the Fusiarze captain. Halftime score was 2 - 0. Fusiarze had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

Czarny certainly deserved a goal after some stunning play down the left, but B. Hemmelder just wasn't able to finish. F. Radler of Fusiarze displayed some of his fantastic technical abilities when he brought the ball down neatly using his instep before nutmegging the bewildered O. Lenzi and smashing an unstoppable shot past the goalkeeper to make it 3 - 0. Confident in their lead, Fusiarze's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. W. Brauers was first to reach a ball launched long through the center from Czarny's defence 60 minutes into the game. He managed to keep his cool and beat the goalkeeper to make the score 3 - 1. In an effort to secure the lead, Fusiarze changed their tactic after 70 minutes. The Fusiarze coach was visibly pleased with the score so far, but still ordered a few tactical changes 70 minutes into the game. The home crowd was silenced as W. Brauers took a successful penalty shot 71 minutes into the game, reducing the home lead to 3 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to Fusiarze, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

Fusiarze's top performer was clearly S. Napierała. F. Radler was a disappointment, however. Czarny's best player was B. Groener. E. Ochayon on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 2.