Clear skies welcomed the 231 spectators who had made their way to
San Siro.
Jair Fernández was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Janne Flamdahl and
Sonny Richardsson.
A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Liberec.
The following players had been chosen: Kiml - Duda, Skočovský, Rytíř - Pokorný, Alsted, Široký, Bednařík - Jorge, Prattis, Bracaciu.
1FC Prales tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination.
Lineup: Koutný - Bíma, Holík, Semela - Frček, Zahrádka, Cabalka, Koutský, Eder - Čivrný, Palacký.
The visiting
F. Cabalka was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 2 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score.
The visitors'
V. Čivrný took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 19 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for 1FC Prales.
31 minutes in, 1FC Prales's
V. Bíma received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.
32 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 3 as
M. Frček finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick.
The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 3.
1FC Prales claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.
1FC Prales increased their lead after 48 minutes when
J. Palacký broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 4, much to the home crowd's dismay.
L. Holík of 1FC Prales was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle.
M. Frček of 1FC Prales took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 74 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 5.
The players of 1FC Prales now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle.
At 76 minutes into the game, Liberec's
C. Prattis deftly knocked the ball home after an impressive run down the left, reducing the visitors' lead to 1 - 5.
The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave
C. Prattis from Liberec a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 78 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient!
1FC Prales enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 56 percent of possession.
The most dominating Liberec player was without a doubt
G. Jorge.
On the other hand,
V. Rytíř's play was disheartening.
Most important 1FC Prales player was
J. Palacký.
K. Zahrádka on the other hand, had a terrible day.
The match ends 1 - 5.