Grabrik 2 - 1 JERRY00 (393177583)

It had rained all day, but 1550 hardy fans still made it out to Grabrik City Arena. Jacek Sierota was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Nestor Perrin and Quentin Reigsecker. Grabrik decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Mordas - Ünsiyet, Škeřík, Bovolato - Schreuder, Lenker, Katačić, Kokoszanek, Zuleta - Kesovija, Campagnuolo.

JERRY00 tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: Balogh - Marent, Fonnyadt, Gasser, Szokola, Szabó - Nicou, Correa, Bistocchi, Kádi - Kiricsi.

Grabrik displayed their ability to play creatively. JERRY00 clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. JERRY00's O. Nicou left the field after 10 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was J. Estrada. 21 minutes into the game, JERRY00 seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a passable level of organisation. After 23 minutes, JERRY00's G. Bistocchi made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. It was 0 - 1 at the break. JERRY00 claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

The JERRY00 players spent the break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organisation and regained a solid organisation when the game started again. 56 minutes in, JERRY00's L. Kiricsi received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. In a rapid move 68 minutes into the match, M. Campagnuolo of Grabrik lost his man and passed the ball to the unmarked A. Kesovija who easily hit it home to make it 1 - 1. Luckily the ref didn't see him taunting the opposing fans in celebration - naughty boy! As the 70 minute mark approached, the Grabrik coach decided it was time for a substitution. Z. Katačić reluctantly made way for Ð. Luković on the pitch. The muddy pitch made the game a gritty affair, which seemed to suit H. Lenker just fine. After a fine move down the middle H. Lenker nearly gave the home side a goal after 83 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. 84 minutes in, JERRY00 appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only passable. The referee showed Grabrik's H. Lenker the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Unfortunately for JERRY00, Z. Szabó was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. R. Tódor replaced him. After 87 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as JERRY00 found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to passable. A. Kesovija would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. T. Dražović entered the game for Grabrik as the match clock showed 88 minutes. The game was close to savage at times, and JERRY00's L. Kiricsi received a second yellow card after 88 minutes; his ticket out of the game. The rain made it hard for players like R. Škeřík to show their technical control of the ball on this soggy day. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Grabrik, with 55 percent of the ball.

As neither team had managed to win, extra time was called. The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that JERRY00 had solid organisation. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, R. Škeřík scored for Grabrik putting them ahead 2 - 1, after 94 minutes. Game over, Grabrik win! The most dominating Grabrik player was without a doubt H. Lenker. J. Kokoszanek on the other hand, had a terrible day. JERRY00's top performer was clearly G. Bistocchi. T. Szokola was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 1.