Debigo 1 - 3 oroszlánok (392839691)

Clouds darkened the skies at Durny Lee Arena as 35500 spectators turned up for the match. Adolphe Desseaux was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Pepijn Kreuk and Bengt Olsson. Debigo decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Tillner - Przyborek, Csörsz, Barna - Baldo, Boschman, Jurić, Səmədzadə, Bogdán - Mauro, Kalaydzhiev.

oroszlánok had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Thörnbrant - Bulsink, Nicolescu, Németh - Malatyinszki, Neagu, Strykowski, Dajka, Pedersen - Piutunen, Engmar.

For their match strategy, Debigo had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. Today, oroszlánok's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Attacking on the wings was the choice for oroszlánok, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. The guests took the lead 8 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in H. Bulsink scoring to make it 0 - 1. oroszlánok increased their lead after 22 minutes when M. Engmar broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 2, much to the home crowd's dismay. After 23 minutes Debigo's K. Jurić contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. A. Nicolescu of oroszlánok took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 33 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 3. The players of oroszlánok now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. With 35 minutes played, D. Barna of Debigo fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, J. Piutunen would have put oroszlánok up another goal 41 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 3. Possession in this half belonged to oroszlánok, who controlled the ball 58 percent of the time.

Debigo caught their opponents out with a clever counterattack down the right wing 52 minutes into the match. M. Mauro was able to finish off the move - 1 - 3. oroszlánok claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

Debigo's best player was K. Jurić. K. Tillner on the other hand, had a terrible day. J. Piutunen performed admirably for oroszlánok. On the other hand, B. Németh's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 3.