Vand 0 - 3 karpiu (387413996)

A scorching day at Vand Arena, where 15333 spectators were in place for today's match. Frederik Hommel was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Norbert Lücking and Luca Presutti. Vand had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Gopo - Li Lian, Krintz, Dasis - Santini, Vasiliev, Gómez, Frâncu, Świder - Chamizo, Leroux.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for karpiu. The following players had been chosen: Monsen - Moroz, Gervasio, 弘云 (Hongyun) - Bailleul, Rominten, Cifuentes, Seller, Smittenaar - Šljuka, Roches.

6 minutes in, karpiu's H. Seller received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Down the middle came R. Smittenaar, making a fantastic play that nearly had karpiu take the lead after 9 minutes, but R. Gopo preserved the tie. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. karpiu enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.

The referee showed karpiu's M. Cifuentes the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Unfortunately for Vand, S. Santini was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. P. Chilavert replaced him. Almost all the way down to the corner flag, karpiu's R. Smittenaar somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for G. Roches, who struck for 0 - 1. 詹. 弘云 (Hongyun) of karpiu took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 74 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 2. 80 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 3 as G. Roches finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. karpiu had most of the ball, with 60 percent of possession.

Vand's top performer was clearly R. Gopo. Z. Li Lian on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating karpiu player was without a doubt G. Roches. T. Monsen was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 3.