zhorzho 2 - 1 Smrkci (393590507)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and kahla saw a crowd turnout of 44219. Kobus Storm was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Hannu Aurala and Dezsõ Négyesi. zhorzho tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players took the field: Nabergoj - Roca, Lapajna, Gunjač, Manche' - Roßers, Charpentier, Chita, Jóna - Hestvik, Bucciol.

Smrkci had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Eckhoff - Messier, Leszkoven, Boriani - Defaye, Pezdirc, Bratko, Košenina, Puelma - Fusé, Osmolak.

zhorzho were relying on their ability to counter-attack. Making his way up the middle 4 minutes into the match, A. Manche' almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert A. Eckhoff blocked it to keep the score level. The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when F. Fusé was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 8 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! 9 minutes into the match Smrkci's F. Boriani viciously shoved another player from behind while going for a loose ball and was sent off the pitch with a red card. After 23 minutes of play, C. Bucciol gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave G. Gunjač from zhorzho a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 32 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Unfortunately for Smrkci, S. Košenina was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. T. Baurer replaced him. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to zhorzho, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

63 minutes into the match, A. Manche' could have extended the lead, but his powerful free kick went just over the bar. N. Charpentier sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from A. Manche' after 82 minutes of play, making the score 2 - 0. The visitors replied 83 minutes into the game, reducing the home side's lead to 2 - 1, as F. Fusé dashed up the middle, easily lobbing the ball over the home team's keeper. zhorzho's A. Manche' put in a disappointing effort on a penalty after 85 minutes, firing just wide of the goal. zhorzho enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

B. Nabergoj performed admirably for zhorzho. N. Roßers on the other hand, had a terrible day. Smrkci's top performer was clearly M. Pezdirc. On the other hand, G. Messier's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 1.