Nosgoth 1 - 2 Diabolico (384879912)

Clear skies welcomed the 63189 spectators who had made their way to Nosgoth United Arena. Gallus Schifferli was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Magnus ''Fralen'' Robertsson and Holger Hultlund. Nosgoth tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: Steidle - Laffineur, Runturambi, Giuliato, Zschokke - Ausems, Nuolf, Delande, Vigouroux, Schönenberger - Maguire.

Diabolico had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Nederdahl - Démarez, Lorain, Mulligan - Michel, Foitek, Álvarez, Sandanavičius, Boyer - Fossati, Necula.

The strategy for Nosgoth was to use their ability to press. Nosgoth's K. Steidle left the field after 28 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was B. Manz. Diabolico had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 29 minutes in when S. Necula came up alone against B. Manz who managed a block. At this time in the match, Nosgoth were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. Nosgoth's J. Runturambi refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 32 minutes. Diabolico's M. Fossati could have put the guests one up after 33 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but B. Manz was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. After 39 minutes, T. Zschokke sent the corner kick right to N. Delande who headed it sharply past the keeper. 1 - 0! Halftime score was 1 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Diabolico, with 53 percent of the ball.

After 60 minutes, the Nosgoth players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game. The Nosgoth players could smell victory in the air. J. Ausems wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for T. Nickles after 65 minutes. T. Zschokke wanted to play on, but the Nosgoth coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 70 minutes into the game by N. Jahn. J. Runturambi was the new captain of Nosgoth - handed the armband by the departing player. 76 minutes in, Nosgoth's J. Runturambi received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. J. Boyer's speed was almost enough to give Diabolico a goal after 77 minutes, but his nice pass to S. Necula was not taken care of properly. 79 minutes into the match the visitors levelled the score at 1 - 1 as S. Necula struck home from a rebound off the crossbar, following a shot from the right. S. Necula gave the visitors the lead 80 minutes into the match to make it 1 - 2. The goal was scored from the penalty spot after a handball in the penalty area. S. Necula was, after 82 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper B. Manz made the save. A counterattack by Nosgoth after 86 minutes could have resulted in a goal, but M. Maguire, coming in on the left, couldn't get the shot off. Diabolico claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

Nosgoth's top performer was clearly V. Vigouroux. However, B. Manz made a disastrous appearance. Most important Diabolico player was M. Fossati. T. Lorain turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 2.