Devils 2 - 1 Nibelungen (384392586)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Gate to hell saw a crowd turnout of 28618. Julio Claudio Sanz was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alex José Bazurto and Toni Kakko. Devils had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. The following players had been chosen: Kreider - van de Westeringh, Rivarola, Vilanova, Daguenet - Badewitz, Blomgreen, Trifunović, Breznyik, Balbás - Elçi.

Nibelungen tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: August - Vinkler, Correia, Velasco Pando - Kratz, Pennoni, Herrault, Greiz, Wojas - den Adel, Mizuno.

Devils had a chance to take the lead after T. Trifunović's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 10 minutes. After 11 minutes, E. van de Westeringh came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving Devils the lead. The visitors refused to give in and, after 20 minutes, E. Greiz evened things up as he finished off a perfect pass from the right. 1 - 1 1 - 1 was the halftime score. Devils enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 56 percent of possession.

Devils made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left I. Balbás completely alone with keeper P. August, who made a spectacular block. There was concern in the stands when, at the 57 minute mark, Devils's A. Badewitz hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. 63 minutes into the match and the home team took a 2 - 1 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Devils was I. Blomgreen. Devils had most of the ball, with 55 percent of possession.

The most dominating Devils player was without a doubt C. Daguenet. However, A. Badewitz made a disastrous appearance. Nibelungen's top performer was clearly G. den Adel. N. Velasco Pando turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 1.