rojo-négro 0 - 6 S&W Lips (379840616)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and skilatchi Arena saw a crowd turnout of 1997. Micky Bashari was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ueli Thurnherr and Reymond Merwart. rojo-négro started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. Lineup: Mira - Doubels, Valastyán, Iotti - Gould, Boumans, Chella, Jerominek - Lauridsen, Belhannachi, van der Luyt.

S&W Lips had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. Starters: Magnusson - Heertje, Weyrauch, Kejmar - Elferink, Algeri Bricoli, Měřínský, Grana - Fortes, Tkaczyński, Salovaara.

rojo-négro clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. The guests took the lead 22 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in D. Grana scoring to make it 0 - 1. With 24 minutes played, S&W Lips's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to P. Fortes he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 0 - 2. After 30 minutes, N. van der Luyt had a good opportunity to reduce the scoreline for rojo-négro with a chance created through the middle, but wasn't cool enough. The ball went miles over the bar. 0 - 2 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by S&W Lips, with 64 percent of the ball.

P. Fortes wanted to play on, but the S&W Lips coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 46 minutes into the game by H. Carneiro. R. Měřínský left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 46 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. G. Mazzoni was the replacement. The coach of S&W Lips was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 46 minutes, E. Wilska came on for B. Weyrauch. S. Magnusson became the new S&W Lips captain. rojo-négro needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 46 minutes N. van der Luyt made way for P. Chaize. S&W Lips increased their lead after 48 minutes when H. Carneiro broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 3, much to the home crowd's dismay. By now, the players in S&W Lips felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. With 50 minutes played, the rojo-négro coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. K. Kvarnflod came on, S. Boumans had to leave the fray. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, rojo-négro's M. Belhannachi was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 60 minutes. I. Mazouzi was given a chance to change things around. 61 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 4 as D. Grana finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. G. Mazzoni increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 5. After 77 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed H. Carneiro to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 6. S&W Lips's B. Kejmar got himself booked for a foul. S&W Lips enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 66 percent of possession.

The most dominating rojo-négro player was without a doubt M. Lauridsen. On the other hand, J. Gould's play was disheartening. Most important S&W Lips player was H. Carneiro. F. Elferink on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 6.