Arabia 1 - 2 fremadbagud (379541603)

Clear skies welcomed the 2525 spectators who had made their way to Gammelstaden Park. Magnus Pedersen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mark Jarratt and Deimantas Nikolaičiukas. Arabia tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Riiho - Försti, Valén, Leppäsalmi - Nuorala, Loven, Alasaari, Pursimo, Ahvenniemi - Lillqvist, Fabritius.

fremadbagud started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Bor - Jelle, Koch, Nordtorp - Fig Nielsen, Dinesen, Hansen, Svensson, Agerholm - Jarić, Melson.

fremadbagud were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. fremadbagud were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. 38 minutes into the game fremadbagud managed a counterattack, but L. Fig Nielsen took a soft shot from the left flank that was easy prey for the alert keeper. With 43 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as T. Alasaari flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to Arabia, who controlled the ball 75 percent of the time.

Although the whole team were struggling to impress, fremadbagud's A. Melson was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 50 minutes. M. Gutović was given a chance to change things around. M. Valén seemed highly inexperienced when, after 60 minutes, he was caught dilly-dallying with the ball and allowed M. Gutović to intercept and strike home the goal for fremadbagud to make the score 1 - 1. After 60 minutes, the fremadbagud coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving M. Hansen off the field. T. Berg Sørensen took his place. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave S. Fabritius from Arabia a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 63 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! The player down was B. Koch. The fremadbagud bench looked worried for a while, but in the end he managed to get up. fremadbagud showed their counterattack skill 81 minutes into the match by breaking through the middle, with M. Gutović scoring uncontested for 1 - 2. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Arabia, with 73 percent of the ball.

A. Pursimo performed admirably for Arabia. T. Riiho on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating fremadbagud player was without a doubt M. Gutović. On the other hand, L. Fig Nielsen's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 2.