FCT 1 - 1 Kings (381702859)

42200 punters turned up at soccer city, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Bjarke Jensen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Luis Segovia and Jonas Tranwald. FCT started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Loteski - Elinghaus, Hamzaj, Kivi - Klevenz, Fragkiskatos, Gremniku, Nonev, Todorovski - Gąsiorowski, Hlinik.

Kings tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: de Roode - Zant, Ikonomov, Kostoski, Oliván - Tinsley, Uzunov, Llorente, Scărlătescu, Peroni - Tyński.

Kings were relying on their ability to counter-attack. This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when F. Llorente slipped through the defence on the right to come up alone against E. Loteski, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning reflexes. With 14 minutes played E. Gremniku almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. After 15 minutes Kings tried to exploit their counterattacking skills, unfortunately, O. Tyński's shot sailed wide after his break down the right. A counterattack by Kings after 37 minutes could have resulted in a goal, but L. Peroni, coming in on the left, couldn't get the shot off. With the clock showing 39 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of Kings resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by F. Llorente in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. FCT enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 60 percent of possession.

FCT's M. Hlinik was shown a yellow card after 59 minutes for slicing down an opponent. FCT could have put themselves ahead after 74 minutes but M. Nonev missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. Kings's D. Uzunov managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 75 minutes. 0 - 1. The crowd roared in delight as M. Hlinik finished off a spectacular series of passes through the middle to even the score for FCT 83 minutes into the match. 1 - 1. FCT's N. Todorovski was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 84 minutes. K. Gąsiorowski made a quick rush after 87 minutes, but R. Ikonomov had no problems keeping up the pace and stopped the attack. Kings's F. Llorente could have put the guests one up after 88 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but E. Loteski was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave J. Oliván from Kings a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 89 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! FCT claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 63 percent.

FCT's best player was M. Nonev. However, Y. Fragkiskatos made a disastrous appearance. Most important Kings player was F. Llorente. E. Kostoski turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 1.