nanda 0 - 7 Salento (385102749)

Clouds darkened the skies at mercedes benz arena as 8358 spectators turned up for the match. Cédric Mathieu was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mattias Vikbeck and Raffael Schwanssfeld. nanda had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. Starters: Barger - Brandner, Lejeune, Savio, Ciancarini - Marbach, Gehret, Mahindra, Matas, Saluz - Fiévet.

A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Salento. The following players had been chosen: Verstraeten - Sindern, 淮洲 (Huaizhou) , Berardi - Togay, Wagon, Laajasalo, Briois - Bouvez, Trovarelli, Vilalva.

0 - 1 was the score with 6 minutes played, after H. Bouvez cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Salento. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave F. Ciancarini from nanda a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 7 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! nanda's G. Saluz made a successful breakthrough on the left after 15 minutes and should have levelled the score, but instead he clipped it over the bar. A well placed corner kick from A. Togay was followed by T. Laajasalo's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for Salento, the score now 0 - 2. The visitors' G. Trovarelli took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 34 minutes into the match. 0 - 3 for Salento. A drive down the left side allowed R. Briois to get in close and score another goal for Salento after 38 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 4. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Salento lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Halftime score was 0 - 4. Salento claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

D. Barger got a fingertip on R. Briois's shot from the left 51 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. After 70 minutes, nanda switched J. Fiévet with Y. Buff, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. After 73 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed Y. Wagon to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 5. R. Sindern hit the corner kick straight to the keeper, but it was mishandled, giving Salento's 彭. 淮洲 (Huaizhou) an easy chance to knock it in for 0 - 6. With 81 minutes played, Salento put themselves up 0 - 7 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was A. Togay. Salento had most of the ball, with 59 percent of possession.

nanda's best player was Y. Buff. K. Brandner on the other hand, had a terrible day. Y. Wagon performed admirably for Salento. However, R. Sindern made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 7.