Pimpać 0 - 11 Popišanci (392383209)

9893 spectators had found their way to Pimpać Arena, despite the heavy rain. Menachem Eylon was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Per Molsten and Emil Dehlholt. Pimpać started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Zjačić - Krešić, Čalušić, Rojek, Buttafuoco - Ferdinar, Burnać, Vujanić, Gligorjević - Lazić, Kolarić.

Popišanci had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. The following players took the field: Câlea - Ciancaglini, Danguso - Kohman, Bendoni, Escobal, Dehesa, Agnelli - Borgemoen, Bon Nielsen, Mathisen.

Popišanci showed off their creative tactics. The rain made it hard for players like C. Dehesa to show their technical control of the ball on this soggy day. A penalty was given after 20 minutes, allowing the visitors to gain the lead: 0 - 1. P. Agnelli was the scorer. P. Agnelli spent most of the time in a heap on the ground today, his normally rapid movement hindered by the slippery pitch. With 23 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed M. Bon Nielsen of Popišanci to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 2. A penalty was awarded after 26 minutes, and P. Agnelli made the most of his chance to put Popišanci up by another goal. 0 - 3 for the visitors. 30 minutes into the game, Popišanci were awarded a penalty and P. Agnelli was able to increase the visitors' lead to 0 - 4 rolling the ball in by the right post. At that, P. Agnelli was noted down for a hat trick! After 31 minutes M. Bon Nielsen made a speedy advance and dropped the ball to I. Borgemoen who shuffled it past the keeper. The score was now 0 - 5. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Popišanci lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. After 34 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed M. Bon Nielsen to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 6. A well placed corner kick from P. Agnelli was followed by J. Escobal's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for Popišanci, the score now 0 - 7. 0 - 7 was the score after the first half. Popišanci enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 88 percent of possession.

O. Kohman of Popišanci took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 53 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 8. Pimpać's D. Rojek was shown a yellow card after 56 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Unfortunately for Popišanci, P. Agnelli was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. T. Eckdahl replaced him. An indecisive keeper looked on as a free kick by Popišanci's O. Kohman put the visitors up 0 - 9 after 67 minutes. V. Bendoni received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 68 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 10. The Popišanci fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. M. Bon Nielsen was, after 71 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper B. Zjačić made the save. The home keeper was stunned 72 minutes into the match when he misjudged the free kick by O. Kohman and dived in the wrong direction. The visitors increased the lead to 0 - 11. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for O. Kohman. Possession in this half belonged to Popišanci, who controlled the ball 90 percent of the time.

E. Buttafuoco performed admirably for Pimpać. S. Ferdinar was a disappointment, however. Popišanci's top performer was clearly M. Bon Nielsen. On the other hand, N. Câlea's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 11.