Košarija 5 - 6 Torpedo (393211880)

The crowd of 39443 turning up at Pr' šoli 0.2 today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Ferdynand Bronowski was the appointed referee. A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Košarija. Starters: Cohen - Vakaričič, Paşcu, Potisek, Blok, Goja - Ramo Martínez, Sobis, Calonne, Bemmann - Rodman.

Torpedo tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Selan - Kordan, Vilič, Lapan - Rojc, Vučina, 轩勇 (Xuanyong), Tânjală, Laharnar - Paesschesoone, Ion.

Košarija were very close to putting themselves one up after 2 minutes as I. Vakaričič got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. 8 minutes into the match, Torpedo nearly took the lead, as Z. Rojc broke through on the right. C. Cohen made the save, however. The goal for 1 - 0 was a funny story: after 16 minutes the seemingly nonchalant lob from Košarija's J. Sobis landed at the feet of Ž. Rodman who sidefooted it into the net - nice goal! After 20 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by Ž. Rodman might have resulted in another goal for Košarija. However, I. Selan made a spectacular save. A scuffle developed as players from both sides clashed following a tussle in the centre of the field 30 minutes into the match. After regaining order and consulting his linesman, the referee called Košarija's J. Blok to one side and produced a red card for the player. It was 1 - 0 at the break. Torpedo had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

With 52 minutes played, L. Paşcu of Košarija fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. The coach of Košarija was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 55 minutes, G. Smekens came on for J. Calonne. Torpedo needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 56 minutes G. Paesschesoone made way for A. Petrunin. The Torpedo captaincy was handed to P. Vilič. The crowd gasped as P. Vilič of Torpedo was flattened by an opponent after 84 minutes and had to be carried off. S. Martinez came in off the bench. A. Vučina was the new captain of Torpedo - handed the armband by the departing player. The visitors refused to give in and, after 85 minutes, B. Lapan evened things up as he finished off a perfect pass from the right. 1 - 1 Possession in this half belonged to Torpedo, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

With the scores being level after 90 minutes, the match went into extra time. C. Cohen looked great 96 minutes into the match after stopping a shot from the middle of the penalty area from the visitors' R. Ion. 113 minutes into the game, Ž. Laharnar almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. With the score still deadlocked after extra time, the teams took to the field for a penalty shoot-out to decide the winner.

Košarija's G. Smekens coolly put the ball past I. Selan. 2 - 1. Torpedo's Ž. Laharnar was relaxed as he smoothly put the ball in the net. 2 - 2! Košarija's J. Ramo Martínez kept his cool as he faced down I. Selan. His composure paid off as he scored easily for 3 - 2. Torpedo's A. Petrunin made no mistake. C. Cohen didn't have a chance. 3 - 3. Košarija's A. Bemmann kept his cool as he faced down I. Selan. His composure paid off as he scored easily for 4 - 3. Torpedo's Ş. Tânjală showed he has nerves of steel when it comes to penalties, easily changing the score to 4 - 4. A confident C. Cohen of Košarija put the ball right where he wanted, but I. Selan was right there for the save. No goal. Oh, the sweet feet of technical 洪. 轩勇 (Xuanyong)... His left one gave Torpedo a lovely goal. 4 - 5. Košarija's Ž. Rodman kept his cool as he faced down I. Selan. His composure paid off as he scored easily for 5 - 5. Torpedo's A. Vučina made no mistake. C. Cohen didn't have a chance. 5 - 6. Košarija's best player was Ž. Rodman. However, L. Paşcu made a disastrous appearance. Most important Torpedo player was A. Petrunin. S. Martinez on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 5 - 6.