warriors 1 - 0 BSCF (394158146)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and The Pride Park Arena saw a crowd turnout of 1092. Carlos Hernan Pastene was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Håkan Sommaren and Gigel Ştefan. warriors decided to use a 4-3-3 set up. Lineup: Kubisztal - Kalous, Wüest, Marino, Clark - Rašidović, Lindsey, Chugg - Blantyre, Gîndea, Golding.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for BSCF. Starters: Bernardin - Van Vreckem, Sacco, Overtveld - Rotmo, Sharman, Cleret, Stenerberg, Revull - Lengyel, Pronto.

warriors tried to focus their attacks down the middle. The wings were the focus of most of BSCF's attacks today. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for warriors, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. warriors could have put themselves ahead after 11 minutes but L. Golding missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. R. Kubisztal looked great 27 minutes into the match after stopping a shot from the middle of the penalty area from the visitors' A. Sacco. 31 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for warriors to take the lead after a good cross from the right found L. Golding alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. warriors claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

46 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a BSCF substitution. E. Forgani came on for H. Overtveld. warriors's A. Rašidović was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 64 minutes. 70 minutes into the game, BSCF wanted to bring some new energy to their game. J. Revull gave J. Rosa a quick hug as he left the field. Making his way up the middle 73 minutes into the match, A. Kalous almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert N. Bernardin blocked it to keep the score level. warriors's S. Clark tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. warriors players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. They were singing the praises of K. Blantyre 79 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to warriors. After 80 minutes, BSCF switched C. Lengyel with J. Kužílek, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. The visitors almost came back with an equaliser 83 minutes into the match after a good combination down the middle, but when A. Sacco tried to finish the attack, he couldn't deliver the shot hard enough to seriously challenge the keeper. warriors had most of the ball, with 58 percent of possession.

The most dominating warriors player was without a doubt N. Gîndea. O. Marino was a disappointment, however. BSCF's top performer was clearly U. Pronto. J. Kužílek turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 0.