Warriors 1 - 6 medellin2 (393314105)

A scorching day at Христо Ботев, where 3064 spectators were in place for today's match. Burkhard Rinteln was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Julien Debard and Hannes Koenigsegg. Warriors tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. They fielded: Visini - Vanti, Mellencamp, Vutov - Chilingirov, Bürgler, Angelov, Stoimenov - Vasilev, Zhelev, Dimchev.

medellin2 had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. The following players took the field: Barreiro - Blaabjerg, Thordal, Mahlangu - Enzenberg, Ribadeo, Laho, Pavão - Ramadani, Weißke, Läfby.

The terraces were silenced after 8 minutes when medellin2's L. Weißke put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. With 16 minutes played, L. Ramadani nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. Warriors caught their opponents out with a clever counterattack down the right wing 17 minutes into the match. S. Angelov was able to finish off the move - 1 - 1. E. Visini looked great 20 minutes into the match after stopping a shot from the middle of the penalty area from the visitors' S. Läfby. D. Ribadeo had a good opportunity to give medellin2 the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. A counterattack by Warriors after 23 minutes could have resulted in a goal, but O. Chilingirov, coming in on the left, couldn't get the shot off. S. Läfby came close to putting the visiting team one up 26 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but E. Visini managed to tip the ball to a corner. Halftime score was 1 - 1. medellin2 claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 73 percent.

Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 66 minutes into the match left medellin2's L. Ramadani completely free to score. 1 - 2 for the visitors. The home crowd was not impressed when S. Läfby came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 68 minutes. medellin2 were now up 1 - 3. After 71 minutes, medellin2's S. Mahlangu burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 1 - 4. medellin2 increased their lead after 77 minutes when L. Weißke broke through on the right, upping the score to 1 - 5, much to the home crowd's dismay. At this point, it was obvious that the players of medellin2 lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. O. Laho of medellin2 took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 82 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 1 - 6. medellin2 had most of the ball, with 73 percent of possession.

Warriors's top performer was clearly K. Zhelev. On the other hand, K. Stoimenov's play was disheartening. Most important medellin2 player was L. Ramadani. O. Laho turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 6.