Zacatecas 3 - 0 Bexelbud (389433038)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 30677 at Kick Ass Park today. Ferdynand Krysiak was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gonçalo Carneiro and Lenny Göransson. Zacatecas started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Kósa - Mikkelsen, Tylicki, Fink Jensen - Perra, Bredkjær, Claassen, Fatouros, Bach Hansen - Premoli, Kaiser.

Bexelbud decided to use a 5-4-1 set up. Lineup: Peksoy - Erath, Heiberg, Ghencea, Midtgaard, Elg - Gautier, Nußbaum, Hoff, Fagundez - Panum.

For their match strategy, Bexelbud had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. After a fine move down the middle M. Premoli nearly gave the home side a goal after 8 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. The celebrations in the stands could only mean one thing - E. Claassen's free kick had found the back of the net and put Zacatecas ahead 1 - 0! Bexelbud almost scored after a swift counterattack 38 minutes into the game, but T. Panum put the shot from the left flank just outside the goal. T. Panum made a run for the goal 39 minutes into the game but the home team's left back managed to sort the situation out in the end. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Zacatecas to 2 - 0 as D. Bredkjær finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave K. Fatouros from Zacatecas a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 42 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! In a fantastic display of determination, Bexelbud's B. Elg forced himself to his feet, after an opponent viciously knocked him down. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Zacatecas, with 58 percent of the ball.

With 47 minutes played, Zacatecas put themselves up 3 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to E. Claassen, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. After this, you could see that the players of Zacatecas were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. Zacatecas had most of the ball, with 57 percent of possession.

Zacatecas's top performer was clearly N. Kaiser. On the other hand, B. Perra's play was disheartening. The most dominating Bexelbud player was without a doubt A. Peksoy. B. Elg was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 0.