Luxus 0 - 4 REAKTOR (389413122)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 57308 at The Hawthorns today. Adrian Leet was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mugur Danciulescu and Wesly De Vriese. Everyone was excited about the upcoming København derby and the crowd was divided evenly. Luxus had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: López Jiménez - Machado, Matsukata, Tamelli - van Diepen, Tsirigkakis, Popescu, Silfwerstrand, Mang - Crişan, Vlastník.

REAKTOR decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Zarbo - Kamperis, Hernández, Chiodini - Ospina, Meisner, Møller Nielsen, Bendt, Castaldo - Cometa, Casoni.

Luxus had a good opportunity to take the lead as S. Mang came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of S. Zarbo. The guests took the lead 26 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in R. Cometa scoring to make it 0 - 1. M. Casoni was, after 40 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper A. López Jiménez made the save. T. Kamperis received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 41 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 2. The REAKTOR fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. S. Mang challenged the visitors' central defence eagerly, producing a good chance 42 minutes into the game as he went for a through ball. But, as so many times before, the guests' defensive efforts got the best of it. Some fine movement on the left led to a REAKTOR goal after 44 minutes, making it 0 - 3. M. Casoni was noted down as the scorer. The referee showed REAKTOR's C. Ospina the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 3. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by REAKTOR, with 53 percent of the ball.

The home side worked their way through the middle and almost got one back when T. Silfwerstrand tried to sneak the ball past the keeper. S. Zarbo was too alert for that! Had it not been for one of the home defenders, B. Hernández would have put REAKTOR up another goal 53 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. REAKTOR increased their lead after 59 minutes when T. Bendt broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 4, much to the home crowd's dismay. At this point, it was obvious that the players of REAKTOR lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. T. Crişan's tried to storm through the defence after 60 minutes, but B. Hernández was just too fast to shake off and the rest of the defence got back to cover. M. Casoni left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 76 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. A. Gudaniec was the replacement. Luxus's B. Vlastník got himself booked for a foul. Z. Cierpiał was called on to replace Luxus's P. Tamelli after 85 minutes following a nasty collision. REAKTOR enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 56 percent of possession.

T. Crişan performed admirably for Luxus. Z. Cierpiał turned in a dismal performance, however. REAKTOR's best player was T. Meisner. S. Zarbo was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 4.