Conde 2 - 6 Grandequipa (235263696)

Dark skies made the crowd of 41089 at Estadio Seculo XXI a little nervous, but the rain held off. Björn Ekin was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Elias Jonas Thomik and Simeon Willemaers. Conde had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. They fielded: Kakinomoto - Eilert, Henning, Arrieta Martínez, Årvik, Arnesen - Van Hoyweghen, Lang, Whistler, Salling - Henniphof.

Grandequipa decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Beira - Zeevi, Alves, Waalkes - Vekić, Veiga, Pedroso, Brandão, Saldívar - Bobbink, Stepić.

Grandequipa took the lead after 11 minutes making the score 0 - 1. J. Pedroso placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. A foul 20 minutes into the game resulted in a free kick for Conde. T. Arnesen took advantage as he curled the equalising goal into the top corner, just out of the reach of the keeper. 1 - 1. The referee showed Conde's E. Henning the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Conde's T. Arnesen was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 31 minutes. 34 minutes into the game, Conde seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to passable. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Grandequipa's A. Alves after 35 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 1 - 2 lead. A spectacular volley from J. Pedroso almost resulted in a goal, but a good save from the keeper kept it out, and P. Stepić could only knock the loose ball wide. A. Alves received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 39 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 1 - 3. The Grandequipa fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. It was 1 - 3 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Grandequipa, who controlled the ball 63 percent of the time.

A review of the gameplan helped Conde get back to a solid organisation when the referee blew his whistle again. Conde supporters cheered as good work down the right got the ball to M. Årvik who reduced the visitors' lead after 53 minutes to 2 - 3. Some fine passing in the middle of the pitch, carving open the away defence, should have led to a goal for Conde, but S. Henniphof's shot went over the bar. After 71 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for O. Zeevi who increased Grandequipa's lead to 2 - 4. The referee showed Grandequipa's A. Alves the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. A loud groan was heard from the fans of Conde, as T. Arnesen left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. T. Sommarwald took his place on the field. A. Veiga of Grandequipa took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 84 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 2 - 5. J. Bobbink wanted to play on, but the Grandequipa coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 84 minutes into the game by A. Bella. The coach of Grandequipa was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 84 minutes, A. Bühler came on for M. Waalkes. The coach of Grandequipa was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 84 minutes, G. Pintaudi came on for H. Saldívar. 85 minutes into the game, Conde seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a poor level of organisation. Some fine movement on the left led to a Grandequipa goal after 87 minutes, making it 2 - 6. P. Stepić was noted down as the scorer. Possession in this half belonged to Grandequipa, who controlled the ball 69 percent of the time.

Conde's best player was S. Lang. T. Kakinomoto was a disappointment, however. T. Brandão performed admirably for Grandequipa. However, A. Bühler made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 6.