Šport 0 - 2 4thehorde (392328840)

Dark skies made the crowd of 15447 at Šport Plus Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Tonny Svenninggaard was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gaston Sloot and Filip Pelder. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Šport. The following players took the field: Trkov - Slokar, Tomažinčič, Hribernik, Vrdev - Razingar, Percudani, Gamiz, Musa - Rexil, Sıdar.

4thehorde started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Zupanič - Karasu, Dolenc, Iacopini - Anžel, Štiberc, Petras, Peršin, Lončar - Bausola, Napotnik.

Šport were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. Today, 4thehorde's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. F. Bausola had a good opportunity to give 4thehorde the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. A scuffle developed as players from both sides clashed following a tussle in the centre of the field 36 minutes into the match. After regaining order and consulting his linesman, the referee called Šport's R. Vrdev to one side and produced a red card for the player. V. Slokar was handed the Šport captain's armband. A. Napotnik came close to putting the visiting team one up 38 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but N. Trkov managed to tip the ball to a corner. This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when I. Petras slipped through the defence on the right to come up alone against N. Trkov, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning reflexes. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. 4thehorde claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 63 percent.

D. Lončar would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. M. Bajde entered the game for 4thehorde as the match clock showed 46 minutes. 46 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a 4thehorde substitution. T. Neuberg came on for J. Anžel. After 70 minutes, the Šport coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving İ. Sıdar off the field. E. Müşerref took his place. 4thehorde had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. 72 minutes into the match, 4thehorde nearly took the lead, as F. Bausola broke through on the right. N. Trkov made the save, however. Šport's J. Gamiz was shown a yellow card after 75 minutes for slicing down an opponent. In a fantastic display of determination, 4thehorde's J. Štiberc forced himself to his feet, after an opponent viciously knocked him down. With 77 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. T. Neuberg put the ball away for 0 - 1. M. Musa was just a finger's breadth away from an equaliser for Šport with a strike from the left, but T. Zupanič managed to ward the shot off for a corner. With 82 minutes played, 4thehorde put themselves up 0 - 2 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was T. Peršin. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by 4thehorde, with 62 percent of the ball.

Šport's top performer was clearly N. Hribernik. On the other hand, E. Müşerref's play was disheartening. 4thehorde's best player was J. Štiberc. I. Petras on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 2.