zeleni 2 - 1 zarica (393019869)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 42378 at Stadion zelenci today. Mogens Schæfer was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Roberto Madureira and Anders Fridskog. zeleni tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Klærke - Ukmar, Rutar, Zaritzer - Lavko, Belan, Kansky, Zidar, Macuh - Markovič, Mikloša.

zarica had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players took the field: Poreber - Novinec, Pérez-Blanco, Tobisch, Chevreau - Hudaya, Seghir, Rzychoń, Gargantilla - Honkoop, Korday.

zeleni tried to focus their attacks down the middle. zeleni's R. Markovič tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. With 7 minutes gone, A. Zidar suddenly found himself completely free on the right wing when a counterattack by zeleni caught their opponents by surprise. Only a great save by the opposing keeper prevented him from scoring. Making his way up the middle 30 minutes into the match, U. Lavko almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert A. Poreber blocked it to keep the score level. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by zeleni, with 59 percent of the ball.

C. Seghir sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from A. Pérez-Blanco after 74 minutes of play, making the score 0 - 1. 85 minutes in, and zeleni were able to score the equalising goal to make it 1 - 1 when R. Markovič picked up a pass coming in from the right and chipped it past the away team's keeper. 87 minutes into the match and the home team took a 2 - 1 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for zeleni was R. Markovič. Possession in this half belonged to zeleni, who controlled the ball 66 percent of the time.

D. Belan performed admirably for zeleni. On the other hand, U. Lavko's play was disheartening. Most important zarica player was S. Korday. S. Gargantilla turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 1.