Tanner 1 - 4 damage (386973987)

Dark skies made the crowd of 54777 at The Battleground a little nervous, but the rain held off. Galin Nedyalkov was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Anders Gyllenby and Harry Isometsä. Tanner started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. They fielded: Turnbull - Bevan, Farr-Jones, Ghia - Ríos, Schönerlinde, Berringer, Puyal - Hunt, Mkapa, Loix.

damage had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Dennis - Eichel, Sogaro, Silva - Sbattelia, Huboka, Childs, Bell, Mundine - Southwood, Jackson.

After some beautiful movement down the left wing, J. Puyal scored for Tanner putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 16 minutes. S. Mkapa should probably have put his team up another goal after 29 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by A. Dennis kept the visitors in the game. A. Southwood made a run for the goal 37 minutes into the game but the home team's left back managed to sort the situation out in the end. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to Tanner, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

After 59 minutes, H. Eichel sent the corner kick right to A. Southwood who headed it sharply past the keeper. 1 - 1! damage's M. Bell managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 60 minutes. 1 - 2. After 62 minutes of game time, C. Childs had an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors' lead, clipping a volley hooked in from the right, but A. Turnbull was in the right place and tipped the ball over for a corner. After 67 minutes, damage sent a free kick in high over the penalty box. In what looked like a well-rehearsed move, the ball was headed backwards and reached A. Southwood, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 1 - 3. With 74 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed M. Huboka of damage to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 1 - 4. damage enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.

Tanner's top performer was clearly S. Loix. On the other hand, L. Bevan's play was disheartening. damage's best player was M. Bell. R. Silva turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 4.