Kalaban 0 - 3 Football (377178269)

536 spectators had come to stade de l'harmattan this cloudy day. Radosław Różalski was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Juan José Zarandona and Paolo Mezzetti. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Kalaban. Starters: Diack - N'Dir, N'Diougham, Mistewicz - Сhukhmara, Bilicic, Dunda, Razlog, Gräf - Zaïd, Alvim.

Football decided to use a 5-4-1 set up. They fielded: Oliveira Faria - Hietala, Oudkerk, Toledo, Favaro, Jousselin - Vana, Karlsson, Richart, Ormándi - Nuredini.

Kalaban took a creative approach on the field. M. Oudkerk would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. J. Kors entered the game for Football as the match clock showed 1 minutes. R. Nuredini stunned the crowd with a brilliant counterattack from the left, giving Football the goal to make it 0 - 1. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave A. Gräf from Kalaban a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 4 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! The coach of Football was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 12 minutes, S. Alvertis came on for A. Vana. 14 minutes into the game, Football seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a excellent level of organisation. With 18 minutes played, Football put themselves up 0 - 2 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was M. Toledo. Kalaban's V. Razlog's long shot really ought to have found the net 31 minutes into the match, but it fell just wide of the target. Halftime score was 0 - 2. Neither team was controlling the possession at this point in the match, with the stats showing a 50:50 split.

Despite his frustration resulting in the smashing of a few teacups, the coach of Football was able to get his message across, and raised Football's organisation to excellent. Football almost scored after a swift counterattack 51 minutes into the game, but S. Alvertis put the shot from the left flank just outside the goal. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, A. Alvim got himself booked. The manager of Kalaban was not happy. Some things can only be learned through experience, and V. Razlog should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting Football a goal with 56 minutes of the match played. Given a free kick in a difficult position after 74 minutes, Football tried a variation that they had practised in training. The kick was sent into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and allowed no space for a finish. The visitors' R. Nuredini took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 75 minutes into the match. 0 - 3 for Football. By now, the players in Football felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Football claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

Most important Kalaban player was A. Alvim. On the other hand, M. Сhukhmara's play was disheartening. The most dominating Football player was without a doubt R. Nuredini. N. Favaro was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 3.