Bratkowice 7 - 1 zagłębie (387478539)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 25937 to Bratkowice Arena Stadium. Aksel Axelsen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Daniel Falkenell and Voicu Lungu. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Bratkowice. Starters: Tzalik - Beldam, Ampferthaler, Leijonerberg, Martins - Detmolder, Bendl, Kosola, Eremiáš - Delorme, Weißmann.

zagłębie had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Kieftenbeld - Torres, Grassivaro, Soper - Chanampe, Siemerink, Lamarinas, Guarino, Vlk - Perinu, Mäkinen.

Today, zagłębie's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to J. Beldam, but the Bratkowice player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! The visitors kept the pressure on to tie the game when, after 4 minutes, H. Chanampe broke through the centre and found himself alone with the keeper. E. Tzalik made a great block, though. The cannonball from 35 metres by J. Weißmann of Bratkowice was an impressive sight, but didn't make it into the net. zagłębie's M. Mäkinen startled M. Vlk with an unexpected pass. Unfortunately, the receiver was too stunned by the play to convert the perfect setup into a goal. After 23 minutes, M. Detmolder put Bratkowice ahead 2 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. Bratkowice managed to extend their lead to 3 - 0 when T. Kosola cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Bratkowice lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. There was concern in the stands when, at the 37 minute mark, Bratkowice's J. Beldam hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. 3 - 0 was the halftime score. Bratkowice enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 61 percent of possession.

Bratkowice put themselves up 4 - 0 when T. Kosola broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, J. Torres got himself booked. The manager of zagłębie was not happy. M. Delorme struck a 30 metre free kick home 72 minutes into the match. 5 - 0 for the home team. Bratkowice's B. Bendl was shown a yellow card after 75 minutes for slicing down an opponent. zagłębie were forced into a substitution as N. Soper couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing B. Murynowicz to come in off the bench. A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area with a goal nearly scored by V. Lamarinas. At last, zagłębie's M. Mäkinen was able to backheel the ball in. 5 - 1. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, zagłębie's M. Perinu was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 79 minutes. K. Czerwik was given a chance to change things around. Bratkowice solidified their lead at the 83 minute mark, as B. Bendl dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 6 - 1. Bratkowice's B. Bendl increased the lead to 7 - 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. Bratkowice claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 61 percent.

J. Weißmann performed admirably for Bratkowice. J. Beldam turned in a dismal performance, however. zagłębie's best player was M. Mäkinen. On the other hand, B. Murynowicz's play was disheartening. The match ends 7 - 1.