babich 3 - 2 Nobiles (393256119)

2773 fans braved the pouring rain at Zuper Chaouen Arena. Sidney Abrahams was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Cédric Mourier and Nobuaki Kobi. babich decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. Starters: Schallner - Bikas, Mantere, Fellbaum - Baumhof, Milićević, Ruiz Marco, Schmidt - Fattorusso, Sáez, Bin-Yousif.

Nobiles had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Pawlikowski - Bonté, Pacan, Loppukaarre - Stradowski, Kanarek, Kupliauskas, Kudlicki, Twardy - Goffaux, Chinês.

babich used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. Today, Nobiles's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. After a fine move down the middle P. Sáez nearly gave the home side a goal after 27 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. babich were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. Many thought S. Bin-Yousif ought to have been awarded a penalty 29 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around K. Pawlikowski after a determined run through the middle. Nobiles's K. Stradowski set up a perfect opportunity for P. Chinês, but the latter failed to score. babich were very close to putting themselves one up after 31 minutes as J. Mantere got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. babich took the lead after 32 minutes as a result of S. Bin-Yousif's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. babich claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 61 percent.

The corner kick from P. Chinês was powerfully met by the head of T. Goffaux to make the score 1 - 1. O. Fellbaum caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 60 minutes. This gave babich the 2 - 1 lead. babich had to make a substitution after 73 minutes. P. Bikas limped off the field and was replaced by M. Weninger. 74 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as P. Sáez broke through, making the score 3 - 1 for babich. After this, you could see that the players of babich were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. The referee showed Nobiles's P. Chinês the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The visitors got one back when P. Chinês finished off a pass from the left and scored after 84 minutes. 3 - 2 was the score. babich enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

Most important babich player was S. Bin-Yousif. S. Baumhof was a disappointment, however. Nobiles's top performer was clearly J. Bonté. On the other hand, R. Twardy's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 2.