BelrzeckFC 1 - 5 Borowa (393839805)

2120 spectators arrived at Arena Krajowa, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Qasim Ali was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rupert Michiels and Yaman Kutluel. BelrzeckFC started off with a 5-3-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Petrenko - Melkonyan, Pío Baroja, Pacmanyuk, Casapietra, Kobertehe - Mokhovikov, Pinheiro, Philips - Karbainov, Kleinpenning.

Borowa had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. They fielded: Bîstriţchi - Fortes, Serjant - Perekitnyi, Nelepin, Diduh, Lutskiy, Magay - Michałowicz, Shemet, Semichev.

BelrzeckFC clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. It was an obvious ambition of Borowa to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. Borowa had to make a substitution after 21 minutes. L. Serjant limped off the field and was replaced by V. Surkis. Borowa had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. Borowa's O. Diduh could have put the guests one up after 25 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but M. Petrenko was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. Borowa's Y. Shemet gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 27 minutes with a superb strike from the right. 35 minutes into the game, Borowa's R. Nelepin fired home from an incredible distance! We'll be seeing that on Xmas goal compilation DVDs for years to come! 0 - 2. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, B. Magay would have put Borowa up another goal 36 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. K. Philips knocked one home from a counterattack down the right wing, making the score 1 - 2 after 37 minutes. A well placed corner kick from B. Magay was followed by J. Michałowicz's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for Borowa, the score now 1 - 3. The bench was restless, and with 40 minutes passed BelrzeckFC's coach gave L. Kalinichenko the opportunity the player had been hoping for. C. Casapietra reluctantly left the field. After 42 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for J. Michałowicz who increased Borowa's lead to 1 - 4. By now, the players in Borowa felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. 1 - 4 was the score after the first half. Borowa enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 77 percent of possession.

The visitors' V. Surkis took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 48 minutes into the match. 1 - 5 for Borowa. BelrzeckFC needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 50 minutes M. Pío Baroja made way for A. Osland. BelrzeckFC's A. Osland left the field after 68 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was T. Sassano. 75 minutes into the game, Borowa worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. BelrzeckFC's L. Kleinpenning was shown a yellow card after 81 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Borowa, with 73 percent of the ball.

The most dominating BelrzeckFC player was without a doubt C. Pinheiro. F. Kobertehe was a disappointment, however. Borowa's best player was R. Nelepin. On the other hand, V. Surkis's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 5.