Hradiště 8 - 0 Popica (394004549)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 3396 at Sunny Arena - Uherské Hradiště today. Staniša Stanojević was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Olivier Traore and Tiago Costa. Hradiště tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Peurala - Srch, Soukainen, Gwarda - Wagner, Švoma, Rázl, Rakaš, Moreira - Krajc, Olofsson.

Popica started off with a 5-5-0 lineup. They fielded: Stucky - Juvakka, Vertue, Aspenbom, Bellver, Damaszek - Mpezos, Schmidt, Bizilj, Vandoma, Cabaret -.

Popica used their skill at pressing to cut off the attack angles of their opponents all over the field. M. Rakaš's lack of experience almost gave Popica a goal after 15 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 16 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from M. Gwarda, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. E. Soukainen struck a 30 metre free kick home 23 minutes into the match. 2 - 0 for the home team. After 37 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and E. Moreira gave the Hradiště supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 3 - 0. The players of Hradiště now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, A. Vertue got himself booked. The manager of Popica was not happy. 42 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as F. Olofsson broke through, making the score 4 - 0 for Hradiště. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. S. Krajc squirmed through their central defence after 43 minutes, increasing the lead to 5 - 0. 5 - 0 was the score after the first half. Hradiště enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 72 percent of possession.

F. Olofsson increased the lead for Hradiště to 6 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! The referee showed Hradiště's S. Krajc the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Hradiště coach let A. Miretti replace J. Rázl after 61 minutes. With 63 minutes played, Hradiště put themselves up 7 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to R. Švoma, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Hradiště's E. Soukainen increasing the lead to 8 - 0. At this time in the match, Popica were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. Hradiště had most of the ball, with 78 percent of possession.

Hradiště's top performer was clearly S. Krajc. However, M. Rakaš made a disastrous appearance. Popica's best player was G. Cabaret. N. Stucky on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 8 - 0.