Mijinko 2 - 3 Mu-Mu-FC (371471619)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Mijinko Arena saw a crowd turnout of 77048. Berthold Binder was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Marco Furniss and Manuel Roelas. Mijinko started off with a 5-4-1 lineup. Starters: Pešić - Ruiz, Coulembier, Hyryläinen, Fossanova, Katayanagi - Barzotto, Anhorn, Groh, Eskeland - Rizvić.

Mu-Mu-FC tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Hélary - Kurokawa, Murakami, Parente - Panduppy, Martinussen, Riise, Patiño, van Strijen - Achermann, Gravagnoli.

Today, Mijinko's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. It was an obvious ambition of Mu-Mu-FC to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. Mu-Mu-FC's L. van Strijen managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 25 minutes. 0 - 1. Attacking on the wings was the choice for Mijinko, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. 33 minutes into the game, Mu-Mu-FC worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. Mijinko mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 34 minutes, but F. Barzotto was unable to convert from short range. Mu-Mu-FC's S. Martinussen refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 36 minutes. After the ball was lifted in from the left, A. Gravagnoli was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 38 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. It was 0 - 1 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Mu-Mu-FC, who controlled the ball 58 percent of the time.

Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Mijinko's F. Barzotto was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 46 minutes. A. Davy was given a chance to change things around. A well placed corner kick from R. Coulembier was followed by J. Eskeland's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for Mijinko, the score now 1 - 1. R. Coulembier gave Mijinko the lead with a beautiful free kick after 67 minutes. 2 - 1! Mu-Mu-FC were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. Some brilliant football from the visitors' right wing resulted in a levelling of the score as Mu-Mu-FC's A. Gravagnoli put the ball in the onion bag after 76 minutes to make it 2 - 2. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 77 minutes into the match, and M. Panduppy wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 2 - 3 for the visitors. Mu-Mu-FC had most of the ball, with 59 percent of possession.

The most dominating Mijinko player was without a doubt D. Rizvić. However, B. Pešić made a disastrous appearance. M. Panduppy performed admirably for Mu-Mu-FC. J. Achermann turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 3.