tichuteam 1 - 8 Narew (387413452)

Clear skies welcomed the 19437 spectators who had made their way to Stary Sącz Arena. Julien Lasserre was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Harry Daniels and Gergõ Remenyik. tichuteam decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. Lineup: Pyysalo - Samperi, Marin - Rohde-Larsen, Fiechtl, Pilogallo, Innacolo, Kulaszewicz - Warzycki, Filipowicz, Patocki.

Narew had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Fuso - Glaria, Shahbazi, Doron - Strnád, Kuchna, Gojnič, Palhavã, Rizzato - Sylvain, Petrucci.

The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Narew's J. Strnád after 6 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. After a fatal mistake from the away team's right side defence 11 minutes into the match, an alert M. Rohde-Larsen bagged the ball for tichuteam, levelling the score to 1 - 1. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 31 minutes into the match, and A. Rizzato wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 1 - 2 for the visitors. After 35 minutes, Narew's J. Glaria burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 1 - 3. Narew's V. Gojnič was shown a yellow card after 39 minutes for slicing down an opponent. tichuteam were forced into a substitution as M. Warzycki couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing M. Grubka to come in off the bench. With 41 minutes played, Narew put themselves up 1 - 4 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was A. Petrucci. 1 - 4 was the halftime score. Narew enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 63 percent of possession.

A. Palhavã increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 1 - 5. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Narew lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. tichuteam needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 60 minutes O. Pilogallo made way for M. Relinque. K. Marin became the new tichuteam captain. With 64 minutes played, A. Petrucci of Narew fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. A drive down the left side allowed J. Glaria to get in close and score another goal for Narew after 71 minutes, taking the score to 1 - 6. After 76 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for N. Sylvain who increased Narew's lead to 1 - 7. Narew increased their lead after 78 minutes when A. Petrucci broke through on the right, upping the score to 1 - 8, much to the home crowd's dismay. Possession in this half belonged to Narew, who controlled the ball 60 percent of the time.

The most dominating tichuteam player was without a doubt F. Filipowicz. However, G. Samperi made a disastrous appearance. Narew's top performer was clearly A. Petrucci. J. Glaria on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 8.