Skillers 2 - 0 Minoma (393042752)

Dark skies made the crowd of 40337 at Grand Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Valentin Dux was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Daniel Samuel and Jochen Dassau. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Skillers. They fielded: Slevec - Terán, Erosa, Bruhns - Kaška, Sázavský, Buksa, Michálek, Machalík - van Rossum, Voss.

Minoma had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Stensland - Pålsson, Ratola, Ziglin - Severa, Jofre, Aanen, Sigmund, Belardinelli - Angiozzi, Sora.

Skillers made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left G. van Rossum completely alone with keeper K. Stensland, who made a spectacular block. Halftime score was 0 - 0. Skillers enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.

With the match clock at 55 minutes, Minoma modified their style of play a little bit. 65 minutes into the match, the Minoma manager wanted to try a new tactic, and the players loyally obliged. R. Kaška gave Skillers the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 S. Terán looked like he could fly, as he rose high to head the ball. Unfortunately for Skillers, the ball went just barely wide. Skillers put themselves up 2 - 0 when G. Voss broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Skillers lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. With 84 minutes played, G. van Rossum of Skillers fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Possession in this half belonged to Skillers, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

Skillers's top performer was clearly O. Sázavský. B. Machalík turned in a dismal performance, however. G. Belardinelli performed admirably for Minoma. I. Severa on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 0.