Real Parru 0 - 2 Fester (385472586)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 63057 had shown up at You`ll newer walk again for the match. Henri Varpu was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Thomas Palmner and Krijn van Epen. Real Parru had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. The following players took the field: Buravlev - Gabbrielli, Persico - Rittberger, Talo, Burstein, Georgizas, Collin - Jeskanen, Wayand, Baroni.

Fester started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Lineup: Windheim - Sarmanho, Drãgan, Berdennikov, Silvola - Haglund, Miculescu, Siermala, Bentele - Glogovac, Militaru.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Fester. Making his way up the middle 2 minutes into the match, J. Talo almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert N. Windheim blocked it to keep the score level. Many thought M. Rittberger ought to have been awarded a penalty 21 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around N. Windheim after a determined run through the middle. D. Burstein really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal following a great play by M. Rittberger after a corner. Fester's N. Glogovac managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 31 minutes. 0 - 1. Real Parru's A. Collin left the field after 35 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was M. Hołod. G. Militaru increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 2. The players of Fester now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Halftime score was 0 - 2. Real Parru enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 56 percent of possession.

Real Parru's C. Wayand found himself alone on the left side 62 minutes into the match and laid down a perfect shot - right into the arms of the keeper! The Fester players could smell victory in the air. Y. Berdennikov wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for K. Ward after 71 minutes. With the clock showing 72 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of Fester resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by G. Militaru in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Fester coach let E. Barrière replace E. Bentele after 73 minutes. The coach of Fester was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 75 minutes, J. Rossila came on for M. Miculescu. Real Parru's A. Persico's long shot really ought to have found the net 86 minutes into the match, but it fell just wide of the target. With their counter attack move halted 87 minutes into the game, Fester were left with a free kick. The ball is passed straight through to the other end of the penalty area, with hopes for it to reach N. Glogovac. However, he didn't have his wits about him and the ball went out. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Real Parru, with 54 percent of the ball.

Real Parru's top performer was clearly O. Jeskanen. On the other hand, M. Hołod's play was disheartening. Most important Fester player was N. Glogovac. However, K. Ward made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 2.