Lazio 1 - 3 Mauritius (384112290)

58068 spectators arrived at Elverumshallen, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Eelke Jolink was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Vadim Tarasov and Anthony Dujardin. Lazio had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Olsen - Skram, Tønnesen, Ulriksen - Rognstad, Grøterud, Gundersen, Engebretsen, Værnes - Olsen, Larsen.

Mauritius decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Røttereng - Ankerdal, Mitrofanis, Wautier - Hansen, Johnsen, Berger, Cilly, Gundersen - Álvarez, Simion.

Mauritius took the lead 9 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. Y. Hansen was the scorer. Mauritius's S. Álvarez finished emphatically to make the score 0 -2 after 22 minutes, after the enigmatic B. Berger pulled a delightful long pass from his box of tricks to bypass the defence. After 25 minutes of game time, S. Álvarez had an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors' lead, clipping a volley hooked in from the right, but A. Olsen was in the right place and tipped the ball over for a corner. 0 - 2 was the halftime score. Mauritius claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

63 minutes into the game, Mauritius worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. Lazio reduced the lead to 1 - 2 with 75 minutes on the clock when T. Larsen got the best of a ball floated in from the left. I. Johnsen received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 77 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 1 - 3. The Mauritius fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. By now, the players in Mauritius felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Mauritius enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

Lazio's best player was R. Olsen. However, L. Engebretsen made a disastrous appearance. Most important Mauritius player was M. Simion. On the other hand, T. Gundersen's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 3.