The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 3090 had shown up at
Prijepoljsko stajaliste for the match.
Arvid Karlsson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Tyler Laver and
Dietmar Hultzsch.
Šumska tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination.
The following players took the field: Vlaović - Ðorđević, Özel, Divac - Bubnjar, Grisetti, Karić, Vujnović, Pajčin - Rašetić, Jelkić.
full had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation.
The following players had been chosen: Uhvat - Ma'Atuk, Finnland - Hristov, Moreaux, Brito, Salina, Hertzog - Collandra, Öttl, Agirre.
Šumska used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings.
full clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle.
full were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally.
0 - 1 was the score with 9 minutes played, after
L. Öttl cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for full.
Šumska's
L. Karić made an attempt at equalising 35 minutes into the match, coming in from the right, but the ball hit the post and the defence easily cleared the rebound.
full had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks.
After 41 minutes, full's
T. Finnland burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 2.
The suddenness of the full's
G. Brito's pass to
L. Öttl after 42 minutes caught the opposition wrong-footed, and they could only watch as the ball sailed home for 0 - 3.
Confident in their lead, full's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it.
When
L. Karić was badly injured by a couple of strong tackles after 43 minutes, Šumska fans were unhappy to discover that it was not possible to make a substitution.
It was 0 - 3 at the break.
full enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 59 percent of possession.
J. Hertzog received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 54 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 4. The full fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early.
After 63 minutes, full raised their score by one when
J. Hertzog's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by
L. Öttl. 0 - 5.
This third goal completed a hattrick for
L. Öttl.
Some fine movement on the left led to a full goal after 67 minutes, making it 0 - 6.
M. Ma'Atuk was noted down as the scorer.
Šumska's
A. Pajčin was shown a yellow card after 72 minutes for slicing down an opponent.
It was obvious that team full had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings.
The visitors'
L. Öttl took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 81 minutes into the match. 0 - 7 for full.
When
L. Öttl left the game because of a back injury after 82 minutes, full had to continue a man short due to there being no available replacements.
A drive down the left side allowed
A. Agirre to get in close and score another goal for full after 83 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 8.
full had most of the ball, with 61 percent of possession.
B. Grisetti performed admirably for Šumska.
On the other hand,
M. Özel's play was disheartening.
full's best player was
A. Agirre.
However,
U. Uhvat made a disastrous appearance.
The match ends 0 - 8.