Uničov 0 - 4 Gambiti (315354925)

Clouds darkened the skies at Sportovní Areál Uničov as 56000 spectators turned up for the match. Latif Sazak was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Steen Rud Troelsen and Jan Thyman. A 4-3-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Uničov. Starters: Frenger - Foucault, Ganivet, Pribylinec, Blahout - van Dessel, Vārpiņš, Alonso - Žepina, Nowicki, Donaitis.

Gambiti decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Konáš - Čaban, Porázik, Pirkl - Gripenbratt, Trane, Romoli, Belderink, Bajusz - Nascimento, Pagacz.

Gambiti had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 12 minutes in when V. Čaban came up alone against E. Frenger who managed a block. 25 minutes into the match, Gambiti's J. Pagacz demonstrated his famed speed as he raced past his marker and passed the ball to R. Nascimento who chipped it in for 0 - 1. Uničov's K. Žepina left the field after 28 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was I. Vytiv. After 33 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed J. Pagacz to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 2. After this, you could see that the players of Gambiti were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. After 42 minutes, J. Nowicki had a good opportunity to reduce the scoreline for Uničov with a chance created through the middle, but wasn't cool enough. The ball went miles over the bar. 0 - 2 was the score after the first half. Gambiti enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 67 percent of possession.

The visitors' J. Pagacz took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 57 minutes into the match. 0 - 3 for Gambiti. The Gambiti players could smell victory in the air. I. Gripenbratt wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for H. Lorenc after 57 minutes. The coach of Gambiti was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 57 minutes, R. Schantz came on for J. Pagacz. R. Nascimento of Gambiti took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 59 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 4. The bench was restless, and with 65 minutes passed Uničov's coach gave N. Aroso the opportunity the player had been hoping for. E. Alonso reluctantly left the field. Gambiti claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 64 percent.

Most important Uničov player was R. Vārpiņš. However, M. Blahout made a disastrous appearance. J. Konáš performed admirably for Gambiti. On the other hand, V. Čaban's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 4.