Zibens/Zemessardze 2 - 4 Balttels (381509625)

Clear skies welcomed the 41692 spectators who had made their way to Bernabeu. Winfried List was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Dan Tegtorp and Jānis Bezzobis. Zibens/Zemessardze started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Starters: Denis - Strzeszewski, Bertinelli, Pögel, Ünalp - Espersen, Swärdgård, Ernle, Skjerve - Ribet, Penha Jr..

Balttels tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Suprun - Wille-Wagner, Vojvoda, Mitrev - Molarinho, Oswald, Vache, Akarsa, Bachs - Querelle, Campelo.

Balttels seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. E. Oswald of Balttels seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 0 - 1 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by O. Vache. The crowd was on its feet 36 minutes into the match, as Zibens/Zemessardze's J. Espersen found himself unmarked in front of the goal after a dash up the left side. He calmly put away the 1 - 1 equaliser. Balttels's M. Vojvoda managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 40 minutes. 1 - 2. Balttels players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. 1 - 2 was the score after the first half. Zibens/Zemessardze claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

Almost all the way down to the corner flag, Balttels's V. Molarinho somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for R. Campelo, who struck for 1 - 3. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Balttels lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. The bench was restless, and with 72 minutes passed Zibens/Zemessardze's coach gave T. Berger the opportunity the player had been hoping for. M. Swärdgård reluctantly left the field. Zibens/Zemessardze's S. Penha Jr. managed a superb strike from the left after 73 minutes that would have left goalkeeper A. Suprun without a chance, had it not hit the post. Balttels's M. Wille-Wagner made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 74 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. Balttels had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. The visitors' M. Wille-Wagner took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 83 minutes into the match. 1 - 4 for Balttels. A penalty kick was awarded to Zibens/Zemessardze 88 minutes into the match, and S. Penha Jr. expertly put it away. 2 - 4. Zibens/Zemessardze's J. Espersen left the field after 88 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was M. Paukšts. The Zibens/Zemessardze captaincy was handed to K. Skjerve. Possession in this half belonged to Zibens/Zemessardze, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

The most dominating Zibens/Zemessardze player was without a doubt J. Ribet. However, M. Paukšts made a disastrous appearance. Balttels's best player was R. Campelo. On the other hand, O. Vache's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 4.