Zofiów 3 - 0 Poniatowa (387307998)

A scorching day at Arena of Zofiów, where 21646 spectators were in place for today's match. Johan Silverholt was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Yasin Okverdi and Bodo Greue. Zofiów decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Pardo - Akse, Milev, Wasserman - Wójcicki, Rathe, Velardi, Orozco, Tielemann - Korvinius, Coimbra.

Poniatowa had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Vieira - Tatomir, Shaverdi, Przybysz - Maës, Nesip, Gülgün, Velea, Duffy - Trotin, Sofianos.

Poniatowa mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. Many thought H. Rathe ought to have been awarded a penalty 4 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around A. Vieira after a determined run through the middle. Zofiów's C. Korvinius had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 5 minutes having been played. C. Maćków was the replacement. After 10 minutes, C. Tielemann came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving Zofiów the lead. Zofiów's I. Wójcicki left the field after 16 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was M. Gustowski. Zofiów increased the lead as A. Coimbra struck to make the score 2 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. V. Sofianos had a couple of good opportunities to reply, but the home team's keeper R. Pardo was simply unbeatable. Zofiów put themselves up 3 - 0 when C. Tielemann broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. After this, you could see that the players of Zofiów were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. Halftime score was 3 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to Zofiów, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

The sun seemed to put C. Maćków in a great mood, and he showed off his technical skills all match long. Coming from the right, J. Orozco almost managed to score another goal for Zofiów, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. E. Nesip could've grabbed a goal for Poniatowa 70 minutes in when he got a pass from the left putting him free of the home side's defence, but he was unable to take advantage of the situation. Zofiów had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

Zofiów's top performer was clearly H. Rathe. M. Gustowski was a disappointment, however. Most important Poniatowa player was E. Nesip. S. Tatomir on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 0.