Taikakynä 0 - 1 Markka (385518869)

27579 punters turned up at Atala Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Paweł Widera was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Joe Teale and Anders Renholt. Taikakynä decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Stere - Langdalen, Potter, Puk - Raugei, Carvalho, Baeuml, Mairhofer, Jomaa - 海邦 (Haibang) , Laura.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Markka. The following players had been chosen: Saccardi - Hajzer, Eisenschenk, Viamonte - Navas, Truman, Patti, Czerwiński, Jatkowski - Kjølhamar, Wroniecki.

With 25 minutes played, D. Puk of Taikakynä fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. After a fine move down the middle A. Mairhofer nearly gave the home side a goal after 32 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. 甄. 海邦 (Haibang) was ever so close to scoring after an excellent corner was beautifully flicked on by A. Mairhofer, but the ball bounced off the post to safety. Taikakynä's A. Mairhofer was shown a yellow card after 43 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Markka's J. Viamonte managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 44 minutes. 0 - 1. 0 - 1 was the score after the first half. Taikakynä claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.

V. Langdalen charged down the left and had a wonderful opportunity to score the equaliser for Taikakynä, but the shot went well wide of the goal. A. Mairhofer made a superb strike after 75 minutes with a shot straight in front of the goal after a long ball through the middle, but one of the visitors' defenders got a foot in at the last second and warded it off for a corner. Taikakynä had most of the ball, with 56 percent of possession.

L. Baeuml performed admirably for Taikakynä. However, R. Potter made a disastrous appearance. Markka's best player was M. Hajzer. C. Saccardi on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 1.