RELAKS 5 - 2 Błękitni (387584171)

12011 spectators had come to AJSKA Arena this cloudy day. Lasse Moilanen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Tó Miguel Horta and Jure Čirjak. RELAKS decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. The following players took the field: Wiesmüller - Peuker, Koberg, Sanaev - Weissglass, Losada Pastor, Courant, Rosenholtz - Szulakowski, Engarán, Solano.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Błękitni. The following players had been chosen: Calvo - Olascuaga, Forti, Lizakowski, Wiski - Rewilak, Zimny, Lemaire, Czubin - Salech, Spooren.

RELAKS were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. It was obvious that Błękitni were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. Błękitni's R. Lizakowski got himself booked for a foul. Unfortunately for RELAKS, J. Courant was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. C. Kiersnowski replaced him. A. Salech of Błękitni was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 37 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from H. Solano, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. RELAKS's J. Engarán was shown a yellow card after 38 minutes for slicing down an opponent. A. Weissglass's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert J. Engarán was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for RELAKS. 2 - 0. A well-placed free kick by Błękitni's E. Rewilak reduced the lead to 2 - 1. A. Salech knew he was in trouble after hacking down an opponent. Despite his pleading with the referee, the Błękitni player was shown a second yellow card and dismissed from the game. A loud groan was heard from the fans of RELAKS, as M. Koberg left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. F. Bravetti took his place on the field. With 43 minutes played, RELAKS put themselves up 3 - 1 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to W. Szulakowski, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. 3 - 1 was the halftime score. Błękitni had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

After 75 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and A. Weissglass gave the RELAKS supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 4 - 1. At this point, it was obvious that the players of RELAKS lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Błękitni reduced the deficit to 4 - 2 with a penalty placed perfectly beside the left post by E. Rewilak. The pressing tactics used by Błękitni were successful as the ball remained close to the half way line at all times. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. W. Szulakowski squirmed through their central defence after 79 minutes, increasing the lead to 5 - 2. Błękitni claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

Most important RELAKS player was H. Solano. C. Kiersnowski turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Błękitni player was without a doubt H. Zimny. On the other hand, M. Wiski's play was disheartening. The match ends 5 - 2.