SumiStar 1 - 1 INTERNATIONAL (365316290)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and FC SumiStar Arena saw a crowd turnout of 15000. Malte Bechmann was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Santi Trueba and Reinhard Fischbacher. SumiStar decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Hirth - Picard, Göransson, Rieß - Boczulak, Lima, Ahmed, Fogelbratt, Botez - Ecebay, Castelló.

INTERNATIONAL tactics involved an interesting 5-3-2 combination. They fielded: Queijó - Mahin, Cordedda, Scânteie, Gutiérrez de Celis, Skøtt Frandsen - Benţa, Avallone, Uuldriks - Malbrán, Arets.

SumiStar clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. For their match strategy, INTERNATIONAL had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. SumiStar players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. After a fine move down the middle È. Castelló nearly gave the home side a goal after 16 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. INTERNATIONAL caught their opponents out with a clever counterattack down the right wing 30 minutes into the match. U. Avallone was able to finish off the move - 0 - 1. After 30 minutes, SumiStar used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. SumiStar's È. Castelló was shown a yellow card after 32 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Halftime score was 0 - 1. SumiStar claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

There was concern in the stands when, at the 57 minute mark, INTERNATIONAL's C. Cordedda hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. After 59 minutes, SumiStar switched È. Castelló with G. Amzin, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave Y. Picard from SumiStar a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 60 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! 62 minutes into the game, S. Boczulak came close to levelling the score with a dangerous shot from the centre of the area that went just over the bar. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, SumiStar's R. Ahmed was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 63 minutes. R. Tutuianu was given a chance to change things around. With the clock showing 63 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of INTERNATIONAL resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by U. Avallone in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. SumiStar needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 70 minutes I. Botez made way for I. Balashov. After 78 minutes, the defensive line of INTERNATIONAL created a counterattack through the middle that gave L. Uuldriks a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for SumiStar, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. After 84 minutes of play, M. Ecebay evened things up for SumiStar with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 1 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to SumiStar, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

The most dominating SumiStar player was without a doubt S. Boczulak. However, I. Balashov made a disastrous appearance. U. Avallone performed admirably for INTERNATIONAL. T. Skøtt Frandsen on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 1.