smardzew 4 - 1 Hools (387394741)

21200 punters turned up at Smardzew Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Józef Bik was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jannick Hörtner and Kim Overskov. smardzew started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Howland - Bäckbom, Mathiasson, Novais - Altıner, Vadstrup, de García, Chazarreta, Bettio - Stagliano, Deplano.

Hools decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Mäntysalo - Barda, Makarowski, Oğur - Rajchel, Sylwester, Pękala, Wittwer, Bukianiec - Sakallı, Reinalda.

Making his way up the middle 5 minutes into the match, M. Stagliano almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert M. Mäntysalo blocked it to keep the score level. U. Mathiasson of smardzew was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. smardzew broke through on the left 35 minutes into the game, with H. Vadstrup firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead. When U. Mathiasson made yet another studs-first tackle after 40 minutes, the referee was obliged to book the smardzew player for the second time, sending him off the pitch. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of smardzew to 2 - 0 as R. de García finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. Halftime score was 2 - 0. smardzew claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in smardzew's L. Novais increasing the lead to 3 - 0. After this, you could see that the players of smardzew were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. S. Pękala finished off the counterattack of Hools from the left rather easily, making the score 3 - 1. smardzew's F. Deplano increased the lead to 4 - 1, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 84 minutes. With 87 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience, M. Bäckbom needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. smardzew enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 64 percent of possession.

The most dominating smardzew player was without a doubt H. Vadstrup. M. Howland was a disappointment, however. Hools's top performer was clearly W. Sylwester. R. Rajchel on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 1.