3114 punters turned up at
Idlepimps Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came.
Dragos Agache was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
José Seoane and
Vincenzo Bretz.
ElMedicos tactics involved an interesting 5-3-2 combination.
Starters: Kaskens - Logofătu, Šťastný, Kłęk, Naseckas, Magliulo - Dooijer, Sterrenburg, Blog - Odijk, van Remmen.
ÉB FC had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation.
The following players had been chosen: Levant - Nurminen, Dybdal, Lunzer, Hunyadi - Bláthy, Rábai, Nádas, Hamza, Engel - Colomé.
Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for ElMedicos.
The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 20 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from
Z. Kłęk, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing.
S. Hamza of ÉB FC was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle.
42 minutes into the game,
V. Blog finished off a ElMedicos left wing counterattack, making the score 2 - 0.
G. van Remmen almost put ElMedicos ahead another goal when he curled a free kick over the defensive wall and almost into the net, but the visitors' keeper got there just in time to knock it wide.
ElMedicos put in a good effort on the right, but
G. van Remmen saw his volley fly wide of the mark 43 minutes into the game.
ÉB FC certainly deserved a goal after some stunning play down the left, but
K. Lunzer just wasn't able to finish.
It was 2 - 0 at the break.
Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by ÉB FC, with 56 percent of the ball.
ElMedicos's
V. Blog got himself booked for a foul.
ÉB FC's
M. Bláthy refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 68 minutes.
ElMedicos increased the lead as
C. Odijk struck to make the score 3 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper.
Several players were looking tired, especially
M. Nurminen who gifted the opposition a goal as he lost the ball to a still energetic
V. Blog of ElMedicos after 88 minutes. 4 - 0
ÉB FC enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.
The most dominating ElMedicos player was without a doubt
Z. Kłęk.
W. Dooijer on the other hand, had a terrible day.
T. Colomé performed admirably for ÉB FC.
On the other hand,
M. Bláthy's play was disheartening.
The match ends 4 - 0.