The romance of the cup was on every ones minds as the draw brought together a Murdoch team keen to return to winning ways against a lower league side keen to cause an upset. On a bright sunny day the two teams set out in a robust manner with the emphasis being on pressure and iintensity at the expense of quality. Murdochs opening sorties relied heavily on the powerful kicking from Stewart and it was a tactic that bore little fruition. An adjustment was needed and one of the few attacks played on the deck saw Flav outmanouver his opponent and fire a well placed shot in at the farpost only to be denied by a dubious offside decision. Murdoch regrouped from this but were unable to breaksown the Croatian defence. With the score level at halftime, the Murdoch halftime chat involved greater discipline at keping shape and a greater desire to play a passing game. Somewhere in the chat the need to defend must have been overlooked as Croatia took full advantage of some indecisive defending to open the scoring. Murdoch were shocked into life and responded instantly with a well worked equaliser that saw Luiz level the scores. The introduction of Ishaln and Vincent added fresh impetus to the Murdoch attacks and these were rewarded when from a Tim Brewer corner Flav bravely headed in despite the close attention of Nursey showing off infront of his mum for Mothers Day! Going behind deflated the Fremantle players and Murdoch soon doubled their lead when a fine run from Jordan saw him place theball wide of the visiting custodian much to the relief of Murdoch. The final whistle ended a closely contested match that saw Murdoch return to winning ways. There are still areas for improvement especially with a run of big games coming up.