Duleek 2 - 2 The Devils (374287995)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 56154 had shown up at Bertie's Bowl for the match. Veikko Aapio was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Viktor Bernadina and Ingwer Glantschnig. Duleek had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Sarille - Preoteasa, Lobo, Karny - Orczyk, Oliveira, Breier, Yazdanyar, Cánovas - Metzner, Welgemoed.

The Devils started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. The following players took the field: Próchniewicz - Pučkoris, Wald, Kaklamanakos, Pertl - Besmer, O'Halloran, Pommier, Yanev, O'Hara - Howe.

Duleek saw most attack opportunities on the wings. The Devils's B. Besmer was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - C. Howe managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 0 - 1 after 5 minutes. Duleek's M. Lobo almost tied things up with 10 minutes played after breaking through on the right, but his shot deflected off the post. With 18 minutes played, D. Wald of The Devils fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. N. Yazdanyar was just a finger's breadth away from an equaliser for Duleek with a strike from the left, but M. Próchniewicz managed to ward the shot off for a corner. It was obvious that Duleek had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. After a fatal mistake from the away team's right side defence 40 minutes into the match, an alert S. Breier bagged the ball for Duleek, levelling the score to 1 - 1. Halftime score was 1 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to Duleek, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

The coach of The Devils wanted to try to change things around after 46 minutes, and gave new tactical instructions. Making his way up the middle 71 minutes into the match, E. Karny almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert M. Próchniewicz blocked it to keep the score level. The terraces were silenced after 81 minutes when The Devils's L. O'Halloran put the guests ahead 1 - 2, following an attack on the right. Duleek were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. Duleek's M. Lobo put his head to a high ball coming in from the right after 83 minutes, but the ball went wide. After 84 minutes of play, W. Metzner evened things up for Duleek with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 2 - 2. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Duleek, with 56 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Duleek player was without a doubt S. Breier. However, J. Welgemoed made a disastrous appearance. Most important The Devils player was C. Howe. L. Kaklamanakos turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 2.