Kanabeach 1 - 2 forever (302479323)

13807 fans braved the pouring rain at Parc des Princes Arena. Paul Nicoarã was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Yann Poquet and Ernesto Vos de Vos. Kanabeach decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Zia - Aartse, Dober, Tommer - Deiana, Bodda, Borges, Tomerlin, Vltavský - de Houtman, Maurette.

forever had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. The following players took the field: Schouwaerts - Güvenç, André, Roman, Kőrösi - Bongart, Czyłok, Dodig, Kiehm, Claes - Haga.

Kanabeach mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. 31 minutes into the game, M. Güvenç had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. The boggy pitch disrupted the game, especially for technical players like E. de Houtman. Making his way up the middle 43 minutes into the match, R. Vltavský almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert W. Schouwaerts blocked it to keep the score level. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. Kanabeach enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.

C. Dober, who often relies on his speed, had a rotten day on the drenched grass. At 56 minutes played, R. Vltavský came in from the right with the intention of giving Kanabeach the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. 57 minutes into the game, forever wanted to bring some new energy to their game. F. Claes gave S. Taşçı a quick hug as he left the field. After 57 minutes, the forever coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving G. Bongart off the field. K. Sellerup took his place. After 60 minutes, forever raised their score by one when K. Sellerup's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by D. Haga. 0 - 1. The coach of forever was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 64 minutes, S. Chybiński came on for A. Roman. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, B. Tomerlin got himself booked. The manager of Kanabeach was not happy. Kanabeach players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. With a shot curled in from just outside the middle of the penalty area after 73 minutes played, R. Vltavský of Kanabeach made the score 1 - 1. forever's A. Kőrösi was shown a yellow card after 79 minutes for slicing down an opponent. In a fantastic display of determination, Kanabeach's E. de Houtman forced himself to his feet, after an opponent viciously knocked him down. 81 minutes in, forever appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only passable. S. Taşçı didn't let the weather get him down and made some great moves on the pitch in spite of the rain. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Kanabeach, with 53 percent of the ball.

With the scores being level after 90 minutes, the match went into extra time. The forever players spent the break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organisation and regained a solid organisation when the game started again. The guests took the lead 92 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in D. Haga scoring to make it 1 - 2. This put an end to extra time, making forever the winners. The most dominating Kanabeach player was without a doubt R. Borges. However, E. de Houtman made a disastrous appearance. forever's best player was A. Kiehm. On the other hand, M. Güvenç's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 2.