Kaula 0 - 2 slavia (393181390)

Clouds darkened the skies at Kaulwtiko Stadium as 3077 spectators turned up for the match. Bernhardt Siegboot was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Franz Josef Dreier and Brian Allemann. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Kaula. Starters: Veffer - Hende, Ferlicca, Tegén, Alvandi - Kavčič, Nogueira, Gambineri, Sosnowski - Dirx, Barabaschi.

slavia decided to use a 5-4-1 set up. The following players took the field: Bár - Olkowicz, Seres, Weyer, Boogert, Nilsen - Ferda, Medlík, Kovačič, Mihalache - Yağan.

Kaula displayed their ability to play creatively. Kaula could have put themselves ahead after 13 minutes but J. Dirx missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. Kaula made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left E. Ferlicca completely alone with keeper A. Bár, who made a spectacular block. slavia's G. Seres was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 23 minutes. The corner kick from O. Nilsen was powerfully met by the head of Ç. Yağan to make the score 0 - 1. Kaula's J. Dirx almost tied things up with 29 minutes played after breaking through on the right, but his shot deflected off the post. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to Kaula, who controlled the ball 62 percent of the time.

The bench was restless, and with 56 minutes passed Kaula's coach gave A. Geeraerts the opportunity the player had been hoping for. S. Veffer reluctantly left the field. W. Gambineri became the new Kaula captain. After 62 minutes, Kaula switched J. Dirx with M. Šelest, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. The referee showed slavia's L. Ferda the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Kaula's M. Hende was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 70 minutes. C. Narzisse was given a chance to change things around. The visitors added to their lead 77 minutes into the game, after a sensational penalty kick by slavia's O. Nilsen slid just past the home keeper. 0 - 2. Confident in their lead, slavia's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, R. Mihalache would have put slavia up another goal 82 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. slavia's Ç. Yağan got himself booked for a foul. Content with how the game was proceeding, the slavia coach let D. Sallustio replace V. Medlík after 88 minutes. G. Seres left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 88 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. A. Vasallo was the replacement. The slavia players could smell victory in the air. Ç. Yağan wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for B. Klejch after 88 minutes. Kaula claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 61 percent.

N. Nogueira performed admirably for Kaula. On the other hand, A. Geeraerts's play was disheartening. slavia's best player was A. Kovačič. A. Vasallo turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 2.