Dinamek 4 - 4 znatok (393334598)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 3106 that came out to Dinamo Siget. Vincent Seyb was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Tommi Pekkola and Rico Rohrer. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Dinamek. They fielded: Gómez - Korte, Nascimento, Drane - Viyuela, Marujo, Courinha, Antipa, Teani - Jul, Bobetko.

znatok had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Lifshitz - Orenshtein, Ronsse, Amitai - Shinfeld, Apasov, Akinshin, Stolin, Kopchenov - Ovchinnikov, Condori.

Dinamek seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. znatok clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 5 minutes into the match left znatok's E. Akinshin completely free to score. 0 - 1 for the visitors. 6 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as V. Ovchinnikov finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. znatok's V. Ovchinnikov refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 10 minutes. After 11 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Dinamek found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to solid. A. Kopchenov came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over G. Gómez but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. A. Amitai seemed to be impossibly far from the goal, but he looked up and bang! A real cracker for znatok after 26 minutes. 0 - 3. By now, the players in znatok felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. 31 minutes in, znatok's S. Stolin received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Dinamek refused to be intimidated and, breaking through the middle, E. Teani managed to slip the ball home for 1 - 3. J. Bobetko of Dinamek was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. 1 - 3 was the score after the first half. Dinamek had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that Dinamek had solid organisation. Dinamek's fans were urging them forward as they tried to get back into the game, and their vocal support was rewarded 71 minutes into the match as K. Viyuela ran onto a beautiful ball played through the visitors' defence and slotted it past the keeper to reduce the deficit. 2 - 3. As usual, V. Marujo tried to use his strength and hard work for the benefit of the team, but the heat hit him hard and he couldn't keep pace at all. Dinamek tried to even things up by sending a long ball towards the centrally placed strikers, but the visitors' defence got the best of this rather direct style of play. E. Akinshin received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 74 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 2 - 4. The znatok fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. 77 minutes in, Dinamek appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only solid. Just a few inches to the right, and the visitors could have had a goal 78 minutes into the match. L. Condori surely wishes he could do that free kick over again. The home crowd was given a certain amount of consolation when T. Courinha scored after a brilliant midfield combination through the centre, reducing the lead to 3 - 4. With the crowd on their feet chanting wildly, some great moves down the right hand side after 80 minutes gave Dinamek a wonderful opportunity to level the score, and B. Jul stepped up to the challenge. 4 - 4 Dinamek claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

N. Nascimento performed admirably for Dinamek. G. Gómez on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important znatok player was L. Condori. On the other hand, F. Ronsse's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 4.