Heart 1 - 2 Eversten (379258322)

Clear skies welcomed the 3046 spectators who had made their way to Token Dome. Hugo de Carvalho was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Nicolau Pacheco and Gyõzõ Makay. Heart decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Clarkson - Moscatello, Gremillet, 军忠 (Junzhong) - Del Nero, Rasom, Dupre, Roche, Figueroa - Pereira Teixeira, 宝昉 (Baofang).

Eversten tactics involved an interesting 5-3-2 combination. Lineup: Lanzenstiel - Corves, Kraeussel, Löffler, Breitling, Dagdelen - Basse, Trunk, Holletschek - Wessner, Dissau.

Today, Heart's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Eversten were relying on their ability to counter-attack. The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when S. Wessner was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 3 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! R. Dagdelen had a good opportunity to give Eversten the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to Heart, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

They were singing the praises of 潘. 军忠 (Junzhong) 47 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to Heart. Eversten levelled the score after 51 minutes to make it 1 - 1, as O. Corves struck home after a fine midfield combination through the centre, which left him completely unmarked. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, T. Löffler got himself booked. The manager of Eversten was not happy. 65 minutes into the game, Heart wanted to bring some new energy to their game. L. Rasom gave Y. Lee a quick hug as he left the field. 65 minutes into the match, the Heart manager wanted to try a new tactic, and the players loyally obliged. After 80 minutes, the Heart coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving J. Clarkson off the field. E. Jung took his place. The Heart captaincy was handed to 潘. 军忠 (Junzhong). Players in Heart heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. Heart were very close to putting themselves one up after 83 minutes as B. Dupre got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. Heart enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.

After the regular 90 minutes, the agony of extra time followed. Eversten's counterattacks created a good chance for H. Dissau on the right after 106 minutes, but he could only look on with dismay as his strike rebounded off the crossbar. Heart had a chance to take the lead after L. Pereira Teixeira's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 115 minutes. With the score still deadlocked after extra time, the teams took to the field for a penalty shoot-out to decide the winner.

Oooh - how unlucky! Heart's E. Jung attempt hit the underside of the bar, but rebounded down into the grateful arms of H. Lanzenstiel. The score stays 1 - 1. Eversten's H. Holletschek didn't look like he was confident as he stepped up, and produced a badly struck penalty - right into the arms of E. Jung. The score remained 1 - 1. Heart's Y. Lee looked nervous even as he was putting the ball on the spot. He didn't take much of a run up, and his weak shot was easily saved by the keeper. Eversten's R. Dagdelen showed he has nerves of steel when it comes to penalties, easily changing the score to 1 - 2. Clearly nervous from the start, Heart's L. Figueroa took a long run up, but could only blast the ball over the bar. The score remains 1 - 2. Eversten's M. Kraeussel looked like he knew exactly where he wanted to put the ball, but unfortunately his shot went wide of the left hand post. Still 1 - 2. Heart's 谢. 宝昉 (Baofang) looked like he knew exactly where he wanted to put the ball, but unfortunately his shot went wide of the left hand post. Still 1 - 2. Clearly nervous from the start, Eversten's H. Dissau took a long run up, but could only blast the ball over the bar. The score remains 1 - 2. Heart's B. Dupre looked nervous even as he was putting the ball on the spot. He didn't take much of a run up, and his weak shot was easily saved by the keeper. Eversten's S. Wessner looked like he knew exactly where he wanted to put the ball, but unfortunately his shot went wide of the left hand post. Still 1 - 2. Most important Heart player was L. Pereira Teixeira. However, F. Del Nero made a disastrous appearance. S. Wessner performed admirably for Eversten. N. Basse on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 2.