Verdo 0 - 1 NoName (384400552)

27600 punters turned up at Rosenau, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Igor Thebault was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Vaggelis Apisteftakis and Freek Crijnen. Verdo started off with a 5-3-2 lineup. Starters: Pedrosa - Kocsis, Bardou, Stiletto, Broeckl, Uusiheimala - Brodard, Oskarsson, Hesselballe - Magalhães, Etchechury.

NoName had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Munck Mikkelsen - Grison, Ganino, Nguyen - Kaehne, Molina, Boldyreff, Hofkens, Busuioc - Pedersen, Ödül.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Verdo. The wings were the focus of most of NoName's attacks today. Y. Ödül had a good opportunity to give NoName the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. With 21 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of Verdo resulted in a counterattack that set D. Etchechury free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. With 23 minutes played S. Brodard almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when Y. Ödül was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 24 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! NoName's A. Busuioc could have put the guests one up after 25 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but Q. Pedrosa was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. 36 minutes into the game, Y. Ödül had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came J. Herzner. 0 - 0 was the halftime score. NoName had most of the ball, with 58 percent of possession.

After 52 minutes, NoName sent a free kick in high over the penalty box. In what looked like a well-rehearsed move, the ball was headed backwards and reached S. Pedersen, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 0 - 1. Verdo's R. Broeckl refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 80 minutes. A good free kick by H. Magalhães would have scored the equaliser for Verdo, had it not been for the dramatic save by the visitors' goalkeeper. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by NoName, with 63 percent of the ball.

Most important Verdo player was H. Magalhães. On the other hand, R. Broeckl's play was disheartening. NoName's top performer was clearly S. Pedersen. J. Herzner on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 1.