FFC 4 - 2 dursa (386271000)

33047 spectators arrived at Estádio da Foz, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Célio Sosa was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ralph Bastien and Jonathan Ball. FFC had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. The following players had been chosen: Spínola - Silva, Dalbratt, Iparragirre - Teles da Silva, Verdeil, Nordstad, Mena - Ferreira, Shapko, Marcotti.

dursa started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. Lineup: Daugaard - Dubenskiy, Lundherberg, Crăciun, Andersen - Santos Trindade, Louagie, Desaeyere, Kindland, Amado - Oberdörfer.

FFC mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. Today, dursa's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. FFC got a penalty shot 11 minutes into the game, but R. Nordstad scuffed the shot slightly and R. Daugaard was able to block. A well placed corner kick from J. Lundherberg was followed by C. Santos Trindade's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for dursa, the score now 0 - 1. Some fine movement on the left led to a dursa goal after 31 minutes, making it 0 - 2. C. Santos Trindade was noted down as the scorer. FFC had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. The home team's supporters got excited again when N. Silva broke through the visitors' central defence and caught their keeper off guard, making it 1 - 2. dursa had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, M. Andersen would have put dursa up another goal 33 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. FFC were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. After 39 minutes of play, S. Shapko evened things up for FFC with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 2 - 2. S. Shapko hit the corner kick straight to the keeper, but it was mishandled, giving FFC's N. Silva an easy chance to knock it in for 3 - 2. It was 3 - 2 at the break. dursa claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

A great save by keeper R. Daugaard after 52 minutes kept the visitors in the game after S. Teles da Silva struck from the left with a real cannonball. Players in dursa heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. H. Ferreira left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 70 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. R. Oleiro was the replacement. It was obvious that team FFC had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in FFC's R. Marcotti increasing the lead to 4 - 2. The crowd roared its approval when T. Spínola somehow managed to block a shot which seemed to be a certain goal by dursa's M. Andersen 80 minutes into the game. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by dursa, with 56 percent of the ball.

Most important FFC player was V. Verdeil. N. Silva turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating dursa player was without a doubt P. Desaeyere. However, R. Daugaard made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 4 - 2.