MS3 1 - 0 águias (385961127)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 21260 that came out to red bull vélodrome. Thorleif Belka was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Toine Bartels and Alfredo Arjona. A 4-3-3 alignment was the formation of choice for MS3. The following players had been chosen: Schubernigg - Tudor, Díaz, Guidinger, Edibe - Ferrara, Fort Aroca, Buono - Duchale, Wandinger, Bardo.

águias started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Sada - Andrieu, Višňovský, Tallec - Duclos, Carluccio, Boudeau, Szeląg, Groenestein - Carbonne, Lisewski.

águias took a creative approach on the field. A counterattack by MS3 after 34 minutes could have resulted in a goal, but H. Duchale, coming in on the left, couldn't get the shot off. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, T. Andrieu got himself booked. The manager of águias was not happy. Making his way up the middle 39 minutes into the match, N. Wandinger almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert E. Sada blocked it to keep the score level. The corner kick from G. Tudor was powerfully met by the head of N. Buono to make the score 1 - 0. MS3 nearly produced a goal as A. Ferrara set up H. Duchale for a strike from a seemingly impossible angle. However he put the shot narrowly wide. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. águias claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

The referee showed MS3's G. Tudor the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. T. Andrieu enjoyed the sunshine and demonstrated his stunning technique over and over again. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave J. Carbonne from águias a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 68 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! I. Schubernigg's name was chanted throughout the stadium after he made a fantastic save from L. Boudeau's shot from the left 79 minutes into the match. With the clock showing 80 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of MS3 resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by G. Bardo in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. The visitors almost came back with an equaliser 83 minutes into the match after a good combination down the middle, but when J. Lisewski tried to finish the attack, he couldn't deliver the shot hard enough to seriously challenge the keeper. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by águias, with 55 percent of the ball.

MS3's best player was I. Schubernigg. However, U. Guidinger made a disastrous appearance. F. Carluccio performed admirably for águias. On the other hand, V. Groenestein's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 0.