Bandits 3 - 1 Lech (389891977)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 54297 that came out to The Drunk Tank. Emmanuel Prado was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Adam Hofkamp and Mattias Carlsson. Bandits tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Koreček - Enveja, Prego, Toivokoski - Rosa, McMullan, Smyth, Brennan, Oks - Mizonov, Moore.

Lech decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players took the field: Abrantes - Snedkov, O'Hara, RYAN, Schaaf - Matei, Akpakoun, Thierry, O'Brien - Greer, Besse.

With 15 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as K. Brennan flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. N. Pandžić was called on to replace Bandits's K. McMullan after 17 minutes following a nasty collision. After 25 minutes, the visitors levelled the scores after R. Besse made it through the middle and struck home to make it 1 - 1. With 29 minutes played S. Toivokoski almost gave the home side the lead with an unexpected free kick set up, but the visitors' S. Abrantes was onto it, grabbing the would be breakthrough ball. 1 - 1 was the halftime score. Bandits had most of the ball, with 56 percent of possession.

Bandits broke through on the left 65 minutes into the game, with C. Moore firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 2 - 1 lead. R. Besse found it hard to catch his breath today in the stifling heat. The corner kick from S. Toivokoski was powerfully met by the head of S. Mizonov to make the score 3 - 1. Bandits's C. Moore saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 86 minutes. After 88 minutes Bandits's M. Smyth contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. Possession in this half belonged to Bandits, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

The most dominating Bandits player was without a doubt C. Moore. C. Rosa on the other hand, had a terrible day. Lech's top performer was clearly D. Greer. On the other hand, N. Schaaf's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 1.