türk*dadas 4 - 2 SL (388998121)

11802 spectators had found their way to ATATÜRK Olimpiyat Arena, despite the heavy rain. Barnett James was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jamal Brosens and Mike Rasing. türk*dadas decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Eis - Božić, Barletta, Vraj - Pesen, Zduńczyk, Feldmann, Jama, Amirzadeh - Niculae, Mestrallet.

SL had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. Lineup: Ciuvică - Ok, Edgü - Tadık, Murua, Kuşçu, Stefkovics, Refiğ - Cucuieţ, Donţu, Grykałowski.

türk*dadas saw most attack opportunities on the wings. türk*dadas had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. C. Grykałowski spent most of the time in a heap on the ground today, his normally rapid movement hindered by the slippery pitch. türk*dadas had a good opportunity to take the lead as L. Barletta came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of M. Ciuvică. With the match clock at 25 minutes, türk*dadas modified their style of play a little bit. Thighs bulging, N. Tadık charged past the weaker players, seemingly oblivious to the rain. With 32 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as C. Mestrallet flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. It was 1 - 0 at the break. türk*dadas had most of the ball, with 69 percent of possession.

After a savage shot that could only be parried by the keeper, N. Tadık demonstrated his experience by being in just the right place to slot home the rebound. His goal for SL 48 minutes into the match made the score 1 - 1. türk*dadas took the lead 54 minutes into the match after a magnificent free kick by K. Pesen that made the score 2 - 1. After 62 minutes, the türk*dadas players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game. SL will have to do without V. Donţu for a time, due to a bad foot injury at the 63 minute mark. He was substituted by A. Erkoç. Players in türk*dadas heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in türk*dadas's M. Niculae increasing the lead to 3 - 1. The coach of türk*dadas was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 75 minutes, L. Cassia came on for M. Niculae. K. Pesen wanted to play on, but the türk*dadas coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 81 minutes into the game by J. Norrlund. M. Jama could have put türk*dadas up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 82 minutes. 83 minutes in, türk*dadas's L. Cassia received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. C. Grykałowski's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for SL, he bravely continued in the match. Content with how the game was proceeding, the türk*dadas coach let F. Tonak replace M. Jama after 85 minutes. A well placed corner kick from V. Murua was followed by A. Refiğ's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for SL, the score now 3 - 2. With 88 minutes played, türk*dadas put themselves up 4 - 2 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to C. Mestrallet, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by türk*dadas, with 79 percent of the ball.

Most important türk*dadas player was R. Zduńczyk. However, V. Božić made a disastrous appearance. SL's best player was E. Cucuieţ. On the other hand, M. Ciuvică's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 2.