Halds 5 - 0 kiko (379453404)

2693 punters turned up at kristine park, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. René Kastorf was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Claude Anderson and Niels Skovfoged. Halds decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Enø - Queiroz, Weiss, Letournel - Lapeña Gómez, Jara, Moum, Pratsevall, Marsetti - Apelt, Kallas.

kiko had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Šupuk - Rajšić, Rošić, Gatara - Simmel, Giulietti, Utković, Morić, Jadrelić - Dos Santos, Peschke.

kiko used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. With 10 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as S. Apelt flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. After 11 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and V. Pratsevall gave the Halds supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 2 - 0. kiko's G. Morić left the field after 14 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was O. Bădoiu. 20 minutes in, kiko appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only solid. Halds's D. Kallas saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 24 minutes. With 27 minutes played, Halds's V. Pratsevall almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. 31 minutes into the game, kiko had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to solid. It was 2 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Halds, who controlled the ball 70 percent of the time.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that kiko had solid organisation. V. Pratsevall sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from N. Lapeña Gómez after 49 minutes of play, making the score 3 - 0. With 54 minutes played, D. Kallas could have brought this one home for Halds as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. Halds managed to extend their lead to 4 - 0 when R. Weiss cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. After this, you could see that the players of Halds were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. 70 minutes into the game, kiko seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a solid level of organisation. With 72 minutes played, Halds put themselves up 5 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to S. Marsetti, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. S. Apelt had a fantastic opportunity to put Halds up another goal 74 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. Halds had most of the ball, with 70 percent of possession.

Most important Halds player was N. Lapeña Gómez. However, H. Queiroz made a disastrous appearance. kiko's best player was J. Peschke. On the other hand, J. Utković's play was disheartening. The match ends 5 - 0.