Fungarvan 4 - 2 hujAn (374288178)

45674 spectators arrived at The Einstein Rosen Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. José Alberto Durán was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Noah Holtenland and Dimitris Spazocheris. Everyone was excited about the upcoming Cork derby and the crowd was divided evenly. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Fungarvan. Lineup: Pasinato - Likadzijauskas, Münchingen, Froon - Rakociński, Schenck, Adelørn, Pinilla, Larsen - Tournaire, Fuente.

hujAn decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Estébanez Puyol - Sheridan, Czarnak, O'Dwyer - Knesl, Fink, Mulrooney, Mäntypuro, Fadhel - Conaghan, O'Coughlan.

hujAn took the lead after 18 minutes making the score 0 - 1. C. Fadhel placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. No matter how hard he tried, A. Fuente just couldn't get his shot past the visitors' right side defence after 22 minutes. With 23 minutes having been played, Fungarvan scored to make it 1 - 1. A dribble down the left wing, followed by a shot which took a wicked bounce off a defender resulted in the keeper having no chance. Everyone thought it'd been an own goal, but D. Likadzijauskas was marked down as the scorer. hujAn's C. Fadhel got himself booked for a foul. Halftime score was 1 - 1. Fungarvan had most of the ball, with 56 percent of possession.

After 46 minutes, the hujAn coach had a quick word about the tactical set-up and decided to try another approach. Fungarvan fans held their breath as D. Likadzijauskas scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 2 - 1! Although the whole team were struggling to impress, hujAn's A. Knesl was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 67 minutes. L. Pascoal was given a chance to change things around. Cheers filled the stadium as D. Likadzijauskas broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 1 to Fungarvan. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for D. Likadzijauskas. G. Tournaire increased the lead for Fungarvan to 4 - 1, 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! Confident in their lead, Fungarvan's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. hujAn were desperate to get a goal back and pushed forward through the middle 84 minutes into the game. After a scramble in the box, the ball dropped to Q. Conaghan, who smashed it home to make the score 4 - 2. Fungarvan enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 57 percent of possession.

Fungarvan's best player was A. Fuente. However, G. Rakociński made a disastrous appearance. hujAn's top performer was clearly T. Mäntypuro. G. Fink turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 2.