Numbats 1 - 0 penki (394178231)

A scorching day at Carrington Park, where 3164 spectators were in place for today's match. Defoe Brough was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ignasi Belloso and Ronny Meillasson. Numbats tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. The following players took the field: Prudhomme - 嘉任 (Jiaren) , Turcu, Epp, Jurek - Heathcote, Allport, Perraudin, Ryder, McIntosh - Aydın.

penki decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. They fielded: Vrhnjak - Žitko, Brezar, Schlossar, Kurež - Griljec, Krhin, Dobral, Županec, Žafran - Mikeš.

The guests almost went up by a goal after 20 minutes when E. Mikeš came through and shot from the right. The ball bounced harmlessly off the post, though. Many thought 张. 嘉任 (Jiaren) ought to have been awarded a penalty 25 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around N. Vrhnjak after a determined run through the middle. penki's E. Mikeš was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 29 minutes. At 30 minutes played, E. Turcu came in from the right with the intention of giving Numbats the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. It was a hot and sunny day, and several players seemed worn out. Maybe this was why L. Krhin found an unusual amount of space for his snappy footwork. Slack defending gave Numbats a chance to take the lead with 37 minutes played, but J. Heathcote's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. Halftime score was 0 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Numbats, with 58 percent of the ball.

Numbats had a chance to take the lead after M. Jurek's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 69 minutes. The sunny day didn't make things easy for D. Dobral who didn't seem his usual powerful self on the pitch. G. Griljec found it hard to catch his breath today in the stifling heat. Numbats got a penalty shot 87 minutes into the game, but S. Aydın scuffed the shot slightly and N. Vrhnjak was able to block. Numbats claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

After the regular 90 minutes, the agony of extra time followed. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, K. Ryder scored for Numbats putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 105 minutes. With that Numbats had won the game in extra time. Numbats's best player was 张. 嘉任 (Jiaren) . S. Aydın turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important penki player was L. Krhin. K. Brezar on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 0.