znatok 1 - 2 Trex (392342050)

Clear skies welcomed the 37492 spectators who had made their way to WinArena. Agustin Salido was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Anders Persson and Albert Vivien. znatok tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Bouin - Denaer, Cornea, Desclée de Maredsous - Segev, Mattos, Rome, King, Amitai - Akinshin, Muntean.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Trex. They fielded: Bonfanti - Masgo, Keresztúri, Likos - Borrello, van Mol, Brasseur, Celentano, Grazioli - Sinkko, Montserrat.

znatok mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. Trex saw most attack opportunities on the wings. 27 minutes into the match, the visiting Trex made the score 0 - 1 after L. Keresztúri executed a perfect free kick. S. Bonfanti wanted to play on, but the Trex coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 35 minutes into the game by T. Öholt. E. Akinshin showed the skills that make him a real crowd pleaser as he, after 40 minutes, wove through the guests' entire central defence and put the 1 - 1 equaliser away. J. Montserrat knocked one home from a counterattack down the right wing, making the score 1 - 2 after 44 minutes. There was concern in the stands when, at the 44 minute mark, znatok's F. Rome hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. Halftime score was 1 - 2. znatok enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

Trex's A. Sinkko got himself booked for a foul. znatok tried to even things up by sending a long ball towards the centrally placed strikers, but the visitors' defence got the best of this rather direct style of play. znatok's D. King was shown a yellow card after 63 minutes for slicing down an opponent. A loud groan was heard from the fans of Trex, as A. Sinkko left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. M. Valovirta took his place on the field. The coach of Trex was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 70 minutes, E. Blank came on for T. Öholt. E. Akinshin seems to have an uncanny ability to try the unusual. He nearly produced a great goal - unfortunately for znatok his shot went just wide this time. After 76 minutes Trex's S. van Mol limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by znatok, with 53 percent of the ball.

znatok's best player was K. Mattos. A. Amitai on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Trex player was J. Montserrat. On the other hand, E. Blank's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 2.