U.D. 0 - 1 villabalter (383213391)

Clear skies welcomed the 9569 spectators who had made their way to Rakò Stadium. Domenic Wasserbau was the appointed referee. U.D. had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Ferlaino - Roca, Chergui, Espín - Rius, Humaña, Traller, Iros, Añón - Crăciun, Sanner.

A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for villabalter. They fielded: Jackwerth - De Brabander, Kroitoro, Bulavskiy - Leesi, Ravaska, Dumitru, Compostela - Raffaele, Apesteguía, Kusmider.

U.D. clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. Pressing was the tactic of the day for villabalter. villabalter's C. Compostela had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 27 minutes having been played. Z. Doliński was the replacement. U.D. were very close to putting themselves one up after 28 minutes as F. Humaña got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave I. Chergui from U.D. a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 33 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! The terraces were silenced after 37 minutes when villabalter's Z. Doliński put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. 0 - 1 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to villabalter, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

The referee showed U.D.'s F. Humaña the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The pressing tactics used by villabalter were successful as the ball remained close to the half way line at all times. 84 minutes into the match, Z. Raffaele came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. villabalter had most of the ball, with 62 percent of possession.

U.D.'s top performer was clearly E. Traller. On the other hand, B. Crăciun's play was disheartening. villabalter's best player was V. Ravaska. Z. Doliński was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 1.