Metlaňa 6 - 1 VOZÍČKÁŘI (365856430)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 50931 at Junior street centrum today. Igor Blommers was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jens Minnich and Lennart Martinsson. Metlaňa tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. Starters: Villacorta - Solari Parraveccini, Winzinger, Vanmol - Lukács, Celis, Kegele, Stall - Papastefanou, Leevike, Cugnu.

VOZÍČKÁŘI had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Dumitraş - Grawitter, Barbu, Bialek - Silva Carvajal, Tuikka, Kuperus, Arango, Ziętara - Blaschke, Filt Jensen.

Metlaňa seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. VOZÍČKÁŘI clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. Metlaňa were very close to putting themselves one up after 2 minutes as A. Kegele got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. They were singing the praises of J. Winzinger 4 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to Metlaňa. 17 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as L. Vanmol broke through, making the score 2 - 0 for Metlaňa. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. J. Leevike squirmed through their central defence after 23 minutes, increasing the lead to 3 - 0. R. Lukács sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from K. Papastefanou after 28 minutes of play, making the score 4 - 0. Metlaňa put themselves up 5 - 0 when J. Leevike broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. The players of Metlaňa now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. VOZÍČKÁŘI's M. Tuikka was shown a yellow card after 34 minutes for slicing down an opponent. VOZÍČKÁŘI had to make a substitution after 37 minutes. H. Barbu limped off the field and was replaced by F. Krenn. Halftime score was 5 - 0. Metlaňa had most of the ball, with 70 percent of possession.

R. Lukács increased the lead for Metlaňa to 6 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! VOZÍČKÁŘI needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 50 minutes P. Filt Jensen made way for I. Harosa. Metlaňa's L. Vanmol saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 50 minutes. The crowd roared its approval when D. Villacorta somehow managed to block a shot which seemed to be a certain goal by VOZÍČKÁŘI's I. Harosa 63 minutes into the game. With 66 minutes played, the VOZÍČKÁŘI coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. D. Ville came on, S. Kuperus had to leave the fray. D. Blaschke became the new VOZÍČKÁŘI captain. VOZÍČKÁŘI fought on and, after 69 minutes, I. Harosa was able to reduce the deficit to 6 - 1 after some excellent moves on the right side were finished off with an incredibly clever chip. Metlaňa enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 70 percent of possession.

Metlaňa's best player was F. Cugnu. J. Winzinger on the other hand, had a terrible day. VOZÍČKÁŘI's top performer was clearly D. Blaschke. However, D. Ville made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 6 - 1.