Nis 1 - 7 Geneks (382521385)

21724 punters turned up at Vatrogasni Dom, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Paris Depasse was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Juan Pablo Urízar and Dominik Graba. Nis decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. The following players had been chosen: Vladisavljević - Conchado, Beljanski, Carvalho - Velicia, Mladenović, Alden, Fagerholm - Maniago, Aragón, Bőke.

Geneks tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Drexler - Singldinger, Ousset, Veith - Mańczak, Dolz, Kiester, Picard, Uddbrant - Oltean, Gottsjö.

Nis seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Geneks saw most attack opportunities on the wings. Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 4 minutes into the match left Geneks's R. Picard completely free to score. 0 - 1 for the visitors. With a shot curled in from just outside the middle of the penalty area after 16 minutes played, W. Maniago of Nis made the score 1 - 1. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Geneks's A. Mańczak after 22 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 1 - 2 lead. Geneks had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. After 24 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed A. Mańczak to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 1 - 3. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Geneks lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. 1 - 3 was the score after the first half. Geneks claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 69 percent.

With 59 minutes played, Geneks put themselves up 1 - 4 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was M. Oltean. After 61 minutes, Geneks's M. Oltean burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 1 - 5. Some fine movement on the left led to a Geneks goal after 69 minutes, making it 1 - 6. T. Gottsjö was noted down as the scorer. With 72 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed A. Mańczak of Geneks to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 1 - 7. At that, A. Mańczak was noted down for a hat trick! Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Geneks, with 81 percent of the ball.

Nis's top performer was clearly W. Maniago. However, N. Vladisavljević made a disastrous appearance. Geneks's best player was M. Oltean. T. Singldinger turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 7.