Smakci 1 - 2 nore (393590503)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 55400 to Smakci C.F. Arena. Christoph Motter was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Flavio Carhuachagua and Pēteris Pauļuks. Smakci had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. Starters: 若朋 (Ruopeng) - Ograjenšek, Goršič, Peruš, Pimpek - Szczutkowski, Lefort, Esselink, Corabœuf, Bodi - Bråthen.

nore decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Pohleven - Trupi, Plaznik, Hrabar - Jamnišek, Nahtigal, Jermaniš, Kocmur, Achterling - Tanjič, Tekavčič.

After some beautiful movement down the left wing, D. Bodi scored for Smakci putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 8 minutes. Smakci's L. Pimpek was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 9 minutes. Smakci's D. Bodi had a good first touch on the flank, but was crowded and, after a change of plan, sent the ball to W. Bråthen who somehow managed to curl the ball wide. 1 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by nore, with 55 percent of the ball.

After 65 minutes, nore used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. E. Nahtigal tied the game at 1 - 1 after 67 minutes, when he converted an incredible pass from the right. 70 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a nore substitution. M. Gartnar came on for M. Plaznik. Smakci had a chance to take the lead after D. Bodi's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 72 minutes. nore had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 77 minutes in when V. Tekavčič came up alone against 洪. 若朋 (Ruopeng) who managed a block. 洪. 若朋 (Ruopeng) looked great 82 minutes into the match after stopping a shot from the middle of the penalty area from the visitors' J. Jermaniš. 86 minutes in, nore's M. Trupi received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. After 87 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by nore was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. Possession in this half belonged to nore, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

Still tied after 90 minutes, the match continued into extra time. nore's Z. Tanjič gave the visitors a 1 - 2 lead after 98 minutes with a superb strike from the right. This put an end to extra time, making nore the winners. W. Bråthen performed admirably for Smakci. L. Pimpek turned in a dismal performance, however. nore's top performer was clearly Z. Tanjič. F. Achterling on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 2.