Atletico 8 - 0 Dravograd (393369516)

A scorching day at Imperial Arena, where 2637 spectators were in place for today's match. Bernold Legner was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jakob Granbrant and Joeri Staal. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Atletico. They fielded: Parra - Svenningsen, van Gog, Fernandes - Nilsson, Iosip, Knaust, Gunale, Gómez - Ilyés, Podolak.

Dravograd started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Božič - Podvršček, Tomec, Tumminia - Blomstedt, Böhrer, Long, Rather, Esquivel - Abbink, Schiavio.

Today, Atletico's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Atletico took the lead 4 minutes in, as K. Podolak broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. 22 minutes in, Atletico's G. Knaust received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. J. van Gog squirmed through their central defence after 25 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. With 35 minutes played, Atletico put themselves up 3 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to F. Gómez, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. The players of Atletico now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Atletico put themselves up 4 - 0 when K. Podolak broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. Atletico's K. Podolak was shown a yellow card after 39 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Atletico's G. Ilyés saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 40 minutes. Halftime score was 4 - 0. Atletico had most of the ball, with 85 percent of possession.

Cheers filled the stadium as M. Iosip broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 5 - 0 to Atletico. 75 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as G. Knaust broke through, making the score 6 - 0 for Atletico. Atletico managed to extend their lead to 7 - 0 when G. Knaust cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. After 82 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and G. Ilyés gave the Atletico supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 8 - 0. After 84 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by Atletico was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Atletico, with 87 percent of the ball.

Atletico's best player was G. Knaust. On the other hand, S. Svenningsen's play was disheartening. Most important Dravograd player was C. Schiavio. However, G. Esquivel made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 8 - 0.