3271 spectators arrived at
White Hart Lane, where weather conditions were pretty good for football.
Sławomir Dargiewicz was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Emmanuel Garnier and
Daniel Winkler.
Puldin decided to use a 4-4-2 set up.
The following players had been chosen: Hörbo - Pordea, Candelo, Angelov, Ciordia - Tutunea, Uchtritz, Declemy, Kessels - Ünsel, Kulinski.
Kurtakocsma had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation.
The following players took the field: Iraeta - Théodose, Magariños Blanco, Băldean - Verde, Farre, Nielsen, Ransmayr, Henstra - Lieres, Olsson.
Puldin saw most attack opportunities on the wings.
Kurtakocsma seemed to prefer attacking in the middle.
With 10 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending.
J. Lieres put the ball away for 0 - 1.
Kurtakocsma's
C. Olsson was shown a yellow card after 12 minutes for slicing down an opponent.
With 27 minutes played, Kurtakocsma's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to
K. Magariños Blanco he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 0 - 2.
After this, you could see that the players of Kurtakocsma were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals.
Some fine movement on the left led to a Kurtakocsma goal after 33 minutes, making it 0 - 3.
J. Lieres was noted down as the scorer.
The visitors nearly scored again after 36 minutes, but a superb save by
G. Hörbo kept
K. Nielsen's free kick out of the net.
The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 3.
Kurtakocsma had most of the ball, with 58 percent of possession.
After 53 minutes, Kurtakocsma's
J. Lieres burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 4.
At that,
J. Lieres was noted down for a hat trick!
F. Farre wanted to play on, but the Kurtakocsma coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 65 minutes into the game by
J. Janota.
After 77 minutes, Puldin's
L. Candelo fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit!
A misunderstanding between the visitors' keeper
J. Iraeta and his left defence could have resulted in a goal for Puldin, but
P. Kulinski's finish was way too lame.
The coach of Kurtakocsma was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 80 minutes,
J. Rybus came on for
M. Verde.
Kurtakocsma were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally.
After 81 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave
J. Lieres a chance to increase the lead for Kurtakocsma, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 5.
84 minutes into the game, Kurtakocsma worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch.
Kurtakocsma's
C. Olsson had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 86 minutes having been played.
K. Quell was the replacement.
K. Quell came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over
G. Hörbo but overcooked it and hit the bar instead.
Kurtakocsma's
K. Quell was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 88 minutes.
Possession in this half belonged to Kurtakocsma, who controlled the ball 63 percent of the time.
The most dominating Puldin player was without a doubt
G. Uchtritz.
On the other hand,
L. Candelo's play was disheartening.
Most important Kurtakocsma player was
J. Lieres.
K. Quell turned in a dismal performance, however.
The match ends 0 - 5.