diego17 3 - 0 KoZaNostra (387473707)

It had rained all day, but 17114 hardy fans still made it out to diego city. Ergin Tozan was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Cesare Epifani and Sami Haurinen. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for diego17. They fielded: Risum - Zadura, Szczuka, Sârbu, Jurewicz - Opoka, Cho, Vincze, Ćwięka - Schmeichel, Jedidi.

KoZaNostra started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Simon - Skierski, Abaúnza, Stachovas - Komor, Ellerbæk, Soydaner, Kotas, Aerden - Zdravkov, Pionke.

It was obvious that KoZaNostra were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave R. Ellerbæk from KoZaNostra a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 6 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! S. Cho was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so diego17's L. Papanec had to come off the bench. The rain made it hard for players like F. Skierski to show their technical control of the ball on this soggy day. The pressing tactics used by KoZaNostra were successful as the ball remained close to the half way line at all times. M. Maslovec was called on to replace diego17's S. Schmeichel after 34 minutes following a nasty collision. J. Jurewicz was the new captain of diego17 - handed the armband by the departing player. At 37 minutes played, J. Szczuka came in from the right with the intention of giving diego17 the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. After a fine move down the middle C. Jedidi nearly gave the home side a goal after 39 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. D. Kotas did not have a good day today, often losing his footing on the muddy pitch. It was 0 - 0 at the break. diego17 had most of the ball, with 59 percent of possession.

Making his way up the middle 51 minutes into the match, J. Jurewicz almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert G. Simon blocked it to keep the score level. M. Maslovec gave diego17 the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 J. Szczuka's lack of experience almost gave KoZaNostra a goal after 57 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. The coach of diego17 was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 68 minutes, F. Lövdahl came on for M. Opoka. A quick counter attack by diego17 forced the opponent's defender to give away a freekick. P. Ćwięka was allowed to take it quickly by the referee, much to the dismay of the goalkeeper who wasn't prepared. 2 - 0! A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of diego17 to 3 - 0 as P. Ćwięka finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. The players of diego17 now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. diego17 claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 62 percent.

J. Jurewicz performed admirably for diego17. However, P. Risum made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating KoZaNostra player was without a doubt D. Kotas. I. Komor turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 0.