Clear skies welcomed the 44952 spectators who had made their way to
FC biezanow Arena.
Karel Barák was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Ken Troppmann and
Péter Szekeres.
biezanow tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination.
The following players had been chosen: Duquesne - af Forselles, Roemeling - Pollicino, Musmarra, Conget, Sáenz Martínez, Serra - Smoter, Guttempler, Netter.
OKS_STOMIL decided to use a 3-4-3 set up.
They fielded: Biesterveld - Morante, Strang, Kniat - Najberg, Kerner, Frizione, Stachowiak - Engel, Niemirowski, Heilig.
It was an obvious ambition of OKS_STOMIL to use their ability at attacking on the flanks.
After some beautiful movement down the left wing,
P. Netter scored for biezanow putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 18 minutes.
The referee showed OKS_STOMIL's
S. Najberg the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge.
Cheers filled the stadium as
G. Musmarra broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to biezanow.
After 33 minutes biezanow's
P. Pollicino contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game.
R. Sáenz Martínez left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 35 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead.
R. Weberring was the replacement.
2 - 0 was the halftime score.
biezanow enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 59 percent of possession.
The coach of biezanow was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 59 minutes,
S. Groenewegen came on for
J. Conget.
P. Netter wanted to play on, but the biezanow coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 60 minutes into the game by
J. Bofinger.
biezanow solidified their lead at the 62 minute mark, as
P. Pollicino dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 3 - 0.
The home side's
J. Bofinger came close to extending the lead 63 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but
R. Biesterveld managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop.
Although the whole team were struggling to impress, OKS_STOMIL's
A. Kerner was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 65 minutes.
M. Nukka was given a chance to change things around.
OKS_STOMIL's
S. Najberg was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box -
H. Engel managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 3 - 1 after 71 minutes.
Still ahead in the game after 75 minutes, biezanow made some tactical adjustments.
J. Bofinger and
G. Musmarra swapped positions.
OKS_STOMIL needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 75 minutes
B. Niemirowski made way for
J. Stencel.
After 75 minutes,
K. Smoter put biezanow ahead 4 - 1 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing.
The players of biezanow now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle.
The home team's fans were upset when, after 80 minutes, the visiting
H. Engel broke through the central defence and kicked the ball past the keeper. 4 - 2 was the score.
With 81 minutes played,
R. Weberring of biezanow fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving.
biezanow had most of the ball, with 58 percent of possession.
K. Smoter performed admirably for biezanow.
However,
J. Duquesne made a disastrous appearance.
OKS_STOMIL's top performer was clearly
H. Engel.
J. Stencel was a disappointment, however.
The match ends 4 - 2.