cnosos 1 - 0 Forever (382886653)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 27747 had shown up at FJ Arena for the match. Edelt Leppin was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Daniel Alexandersson and Bruno Incudine. cnosos decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. They fielded: Taboada - Corbet, Ramírez, Cinca, Florensà - Elgueza, Nogarola, Vega Collantes, Garcés de Garro, Geltru - Nieva.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Forever. Lineup: Stachulec - Dolmayan, Cardell, Haddad, Mohnsteg - Lehenstorfer, Catandil, Férez, Bjørnevoll - Pfaffen, Pommerell.

Forever clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. With 2 minutes played E. Elgueza almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. After 3 minutes, the defensive line of Forever created a counterattack through the middle that gave P. Catandil a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. The referee showed Forever's H. Bjørnevoll the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Some great play up the middle by cnosos led to a chance for A. Nieva to score after 24 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. R. Mohnsteg of Forever was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. cnosos took the lead after 27 minutes as a result of J. Geltru's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. cnosos enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 61 percent of possession.

With the clock showing 63 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of Forever resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by A. Haddad in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. After 65 minutes, Forever switched P. Férez with E. Walczyński, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave M. Dolmayan from Forever a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 66 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Forever's counterattacks created a good chance for N. Pfaffen on the right after 75 minutes, but he could only look on with dismay as his strike rebounded off the crossbar. cnosos's E. Elgueza got himself booked for a foul. cnosos had most of the ball, with 61 percent of possession.

cnosos's top performer was clearly A. Florensà. However, F. Corbet made a disastrous appearance. Most important Forever player was P. Catandil. A. Haddad on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 0.