Vintila 0 - 0 atletii (380877952)

Dark skies made the crowd of 30974 at VV Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Anthony van Sorge was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Michael Lampugnani and Quentin Foskey. Vintila decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. The following players had been chosen: Wildeboer - Villagra, Mascheroni, Nilsson, bin Che Lah - Stoia, Jouet, Teodosiev, Prokopijević, Amelin - Bujnik.

atletii had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Sautron - Kraatz-Koschlau, Kotschken, Bada - Fiorović, Radbauer, Šabanović, Nürtingen, Herman - Roshall, Naessens.

It was an obvious ambition of Vintila to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. G. Naessens had a good opportunity to give atletii 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. After 10 minutes, atletii's K. Šabanović fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! Slack defending gave Vintila a chance to take the lead with 31 minutes played, but T. Nilsson's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. G. Wildeboer looked great 37 minutes into the match after stopping a shot from the middle of the penalty area from the visitors' A. Fiorović. Vintila almost scored after a swift counterattack 38 minutes into the game, but J. Jouet put the shot from the left flank just outside the goal. Halftime score was 0 - 0. atletii claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

The referee showed Vintila's A. Stoia the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 69 minutes in, atletii's F. Radbauer received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Vintila could have put themselves ahead after 76 minutes but R. Villagra missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. Vintila had to make a substitution after 82 minutes. T. Nilsson limped off the field and was replaced by W. Klejnowski. The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when G. Naessens was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 83 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! 86 minutes into the game, G. Naessens was a hair's breadth away from giving atletii the lead with a shot from over on the left. A prompt block by G. Wildeboer saved the home team that time. atletii had most of the ball, with 57 percent of possession.

Most important Vintila player was K. Bujnik. However, J. Jouet made a disastrous appearance. B. Kraatz-Koschlau performed admirably for atletii. On the other hand, V. Herman's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 0.