Olympik 4 - 2 bílá (392660415)

Clouds darkened the skies at Equality Stadium as 36314 spectators turned up for the match. Eike Bitterlich was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Juan Carlos Rubio and Jefferson Cambados. Olympik tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: Hochrainer - Riou, Güç, Loures, Sperling - Lusini, De Gusseme, Marceiro, Moccia - Danzig, Mihalčiak.

A 5-3-2 alignment was the formation of choice for bílá. The following players took the field: Kay - Jarý, Palík, Juliussen, Kadir, Rejchrt - Filipovič, Ruiz, Pavelka - Hemmelmann, Vučelić.

It was an obvious ambition of Olympik to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. For their match strategy, bílá had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. bílá played a good counterattacking move down the left 7 minutes into the match, with N. Hemmelmann finishing well for 0 - 1. With 17 minutes played, Olympik's W. De Gusseme found an opening in the visitors' left side defence, but his shot was handled easily by the keeper. Olympik's S. Moccia made a successful breakthrough on the left after 25 minutes and should have levelled the score, but instead he clipped it over the bar. R. Garçom was called on to replace bílá's A. Palík after 39 minutes following a nasty collision. R. Garçom was handed the bílá captain's armband. 40 minutes into the game, bílá seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to weak. Olympik's S. Sperling put his head to a well placed ball, lifted in from the left, and scored to make the score 1 - 1 with 42 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock. 1 - 1 was the halftime score. Olympik had most of the ball, with 63 percent of possession.

Despite his frustration resulting in the smashing of a few teacups, the coach of bílá was able to get his message across, and raised bílá's organisation to passable. After 75 minutes, bílá's P. Vučelić fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! With 76 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 2 - 1 lead as M. Mihalčiak flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. Olympik's W. De Gusseme increased the lead to 3 - 1, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 78 minutes. bílá's R. Garçom got himself booked for a foul. bílá's C. Filipovič was shown a yellow card after 84 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The visitors got one back when E. Kadir finished off a pass from the left and scored after 85 minutes. 3 - 2 was the score. 86 minutes in, bílá appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only weak. After 87 minutes, Olympik's M. Mihalčiak found the back of the goal with a beautiful free kick. 4 - 2. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Olympik, with 60 percent of the ball.

Olympik's best player was M. Mihalčiak. M. Lusini on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating bílá player was without a doubt E. Kadir. However, M. Rejchrt made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 4 - 2.