Rappl-Speer 3 - 0 MOS (387483722)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 50000 had shown up at Javelotto Arena for the match. Giovanni Manaresi was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Emile Chaigneau and Bendik Berre. Rappl-Speer decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Kova - Kellermann, Senna, Mendeš - Atıf, Steinbauer, Mark, Konsel, 群光 (Qunguang) - Delarue, Milanov.

MOS tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Cagigal - Rolewicz, Dufour, Giannone - Prinner, Alaz, Brun, Daskalov, Harasimowicz - Daugbjerg, Pilaete.

MOS clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. 19 minutes into the game MOS managed a counterattack, but J. Daugbjerg took a soft shot from the left flank that was easy prey for the alert keeper. The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when R. Pilaete was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 21 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! Given a free kick close to the byline, Rappl-Speer tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let C. Atıf slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 1 - 0, 22 minutes into the game. Rappl-Speer's B. Konsel got himself booked for a foul. Unfortunately for MOS, J. Daugbjerg was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. P. Van Den Abbeele replaced him. Rappl-Speer solidified their lead at the 25 minute mark, as 管. 群光 (Qunguang) dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 2 - 0. Confident in their lead, Rappl-Speer's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. 2 - 0 was the halftime score. Rappl-Speer claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 60 percent.

K. Kellermann should probably have put his team up another goal after 49 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by F. Cagigal kept the visitors in the game. V. Milanov could have increased the lead after 73 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. After 75 minutes, the defensive line of MOS created a counterattack through the middle that gave H. Prinner a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. J. Brun of MOS received a yellow card after 78 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Rappl-Speer managed to extend their lead to 3 - 0 when V. Milanov cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. Possession in this half belonged to Rappl-Speer, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.

The most dominating Rappl-Speer player was without a doubt V. Milanov. 管. 群光 (Qunguang) was a disappointment, however. MOS's top performer was clearly H. Daskalov. H. Prinner on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 0.