swedi 0 - 8 Knight (392327066)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 12000 at Jesenice Arena today. Ingo-Lutz Saxena was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Kelmin Dermience and Kuba Klebacz. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for swedi. The following players took the field: Jereb - Zore, Ukmar, Cunder, Flisra - Kisilak, Peterc, Navinšek, Jelovčan - Rozman, Pridanič.

Knight tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: Kenan - Bech, Agrba - Chirciu, Repar, Egestorf, Lédl, Jaguś - Zlotnikov, Zadok, Foster.

A mistake by the home side's central defence after 2 minutes allowed P. Foster to score for Knight. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1. The home crowd was not impressed when P. Foster came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 28 minutes. Knight were now up 0 - 2. Knight increased the lead to 0 - 3 as J. Bech scored from the penalty spot, putting the ball in near the top left corner. After this, you could see that the players of Knight were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. Knight's F. Jaguś was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 33 minutes. A drive down the left side allowed M. Zadok to get in close and score another goal for Knight after 34 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 4. 35 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 5 as P. Lédl finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 5. Knight enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 85 percent of possession.

51 minutes into the game, Knight worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. T. Zlotnikov came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over J. Jereb but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. D. Egestorf of Knight took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 81 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 6. swedi's B. Flisra was shown a yellow card after 84 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The referee signalled a penalty 85 minutes into the game following an offence which looked like it was outside the box. J. Bech knocked it home to make the score 0 - 7. V. Agrba increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 8. Knight's T. Zlotnikov made use of his speed to get free of the defence, but he still couldn't get a shot off 88 minutes into the match. Possession in this half belonged to Knight, who controlled the ball 88 percent of the time.

swedi's top performer was clearly M. Zore. G. Rozman on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Knight player was D. Egestorf. On the other hand, F. Jaguś's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 8.