mutni 1 - 2 TGB'70 (394009876)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 2429 had shown up at mutni Arena for the match. David Queffelec was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Roberto Aresi and Mark Knothe. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for mutni. The following players had been chosen: Alcântara - Moltedo, Vrdev, Salge - Mačerol, Hočevar, Weyde, Malenšek, Prašnikar - Bratuš, Turoň.

TGB'70 decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. Lineup: Dingemans - Holtrop, Germeraad, Haeck, Verlegh - Hautecœur, Mullenders, Zaaijer, Donk, Buetschi - Jongeneel.

It was an obvious ambition of mutni to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. It was obvious that mutni had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. At 10 minutes played, G. Salge came in from the right with the intention of giving mutni the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 35 minutes into the match left TGB'70's A. Haeck completely free to score. 0 - 1 for the visitors. 37 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as J. Jongeneel finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. The crowd groaned when B. Prašnikar, having maneuvered his way down the right, fired the ball just wide and missed a great opportunity to reduce the deficit for mutni. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 2. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by mutni, with 60 percent of the ball.

After 46 minutes, mutni switched L. Mačerol with R. Trobevšek, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. mutni's A. Vrdev had the ball at his feet in front of goal after a quickly taken free kick after 48 minutes, but was robbed of it in the blink of an eye by an onrushing defender. Players in mutni heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. A marvellous mutni effort on the right-hand side resulted in a goal after 52 minutes by T. Turoň, making the score 1 - 2. With 55 minutes played, the mutni coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. F. Huayhua came on, T. Weyde had to leave the fray. M. Verlegh of TGB'70 received a yellow card after 72 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. mutni's G. Moltedo made an attempt at equalising 73 minutes into the match, coming in from the right, but the ball hit the post and the defence easily cleared the rebound. No matter how hard he tried, F. Huayhua just couldn't get his shot past the visitors' right side defence after 77 minutes. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave A. Haeck from TGB'70 a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 78 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Unfortunately for mutni, Š. Bratuš was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. T. Buchenland replaced him. Possession in this half belonged to mutni, who controlled the ball 58 percent of the time.

mutni's top performer was clearly T. Buchenland. However, G. Moltedo made a disastrous appearance. TGB'70's best player was J. Mullenders. R. Holtrop was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 2.