Botafago 5 - 0 Rakieta (387546975)

13928 spectators had found their way to Visatra Park Stadium, despite the heavy rain. Ivan Mihaylov was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Andrea Del Bottegone and Lars-Olof Sundlius. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Botafago. The following players had been chosen: Noczyński - Kołota, Petrov, Amir Moez - Yüzey, Reguila, Pandiani, Widnig-Holzinger, Fterougatos - Holsche, Wyrzykowski.

Rakieta decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. Lineup: Niculea - Śmiały, Janota, Perkowski, Czaban - Tilli, Laskowski, Malarz, Wawrylakowski, Yupanqui - Otrocki.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Botafago. Rakieta decided to play creatively. The referee showed Rakieta's J. Wawrylakowski the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Botafago took the lead 15 minutes in, as F. Amir Moez broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. M. Tilli didn't let the weather get him down and made some great moves on the pitch in spite of the rain. W. Noczyński's name was chanted throughout the stadium after he made a fantastic save from A. Czaban's shot from the left 21 minutes into the match. F. Amir Moez unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. T. Yüzey should probably have put his team up another goal after 34 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by C. Niculea kept the visitors in the game. The rain made it hard for players like W. Wyrzykowski to show their technical control of the ball on this soggy day. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Botafago scored another to make it 2 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for F. Reguila after 37 minutes. Halftime score was 2 - 0. Botafago enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 72 percent of possession.

The bench was restless, and with 60 minutes passed Rakieta's coach gave E. Hertle the opportunity the player had been hoping for. J. Yupanqui reluctantly left the field. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Rakieta's M. Tilli was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 65 minutes. L. Abonyi was given a chance to change things around. After 70 minutes, Rakieta switched M. Śmiały with C. Alexandru, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. 78 minutes in, Rakieta's E. Hertle received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. After 81 minutes, Botafago's I. Petrov found the back of the goal with a beautiful free kick. 3 - 0. Botafago's P. Pandiani increased the lead to 4 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 88 minutes. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Botafago lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. 89 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as K. Kołota broke through, making the score 5 - 0 for Botafago. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Botafago, with 72 percent of the ball.

Most important Botafago player was F. Widnig-Holzinger. On the other hand, K. Kołota's play was disheartening. B. Otrocki performed admirably for Rakieta. K. Malarz on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 5 - 0.