Nyíregyháza-Teva 1 - 2 Baal (368484740)

Dark skies made the crowd of 14233 at Városi Stadion a little nervous, but the rain held off. Auno Riihilahti was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Magnus Strand and Jesús Riaño. Nyíregyháza-Teva started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Lineup: De Smet d`Olbecke - Varga, Viduka, Grzędziński, Verlee - Lefebvre, Kasella, Van der Elst, Kocsis - Salih, Kutlák.

Baal had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. Starters: Mancilla - Padziak, Teixeira, Zaninović, Béranger - Lecona, Richter, Lüscher, Gaizaráin, Carpentier - Tejera.

Nyíregyháza-Teva seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. It was an obvious ambition of Baal to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. Baal took the lead after 11 minutes making the score 0 - 1. L. Carpentier placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. After a scuffle in the guests' penalty area 27 minutes into the game, the home team was awarded a penalty. F. Lefebvre scored to make it 1 - 1. The guests took the lead 29 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in I. Teixeira scoring to make it 1 - 2. J. Lüscher fired a shot from distance after 35 minutes, but the long shot couldn't find the net for Baal. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 2. Baal had most of the ball, with 59 percent of possession.

A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from V. Richter after 58 minutes, and prevented Baal from going up another goal. 64 minutes in, Nyíregyháza-Teva's M. Viduka received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Nyíregyháza-Teva's F. Lefebvre had a hard, curved free kick after 68 minutes that would have paid off, had it gone just a little lower. Players in Baal heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. With the scoreboard showing that 71 minutes had been played, Baal nearly put themselves up another goal after J. Lüscher came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. Possession in this half belonged to Baal, who controlled the ball 58 percent of the time.

R. Van der Elst performed admirably for Nyíregyháza-Teva. G. Kocsis on the other hand, had a terrible day. Baal's best player was R. Tejera. However, J. Mancilla made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 2.