Draggen 1 - 2 Verdes (388103234)

Dark skies made the crowd of 76795 at Brandslangen a little nervous, but the rain held off. Jospeer Daneau was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Paweł M. Muchyński and Milouš Procházka. Draggen started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Béasse - Lucia, Raya, Anastasović - Silvennoinen, Derkum, Viziteu, Aubourg, Vladimirovski - Gustavsson, Zalluhoğlu.

Verdes had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. Starters: Gustavsson - Hendriksen, Wagret - Valdman, Ångström, Leijon, Stridh, Vinkki - Pinxten, Stark, Mårtensson.

After 1 minutes, the Verdes coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving J. Hendriksen off the field. G. Alexandersson took his place. 23 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Draggen to take the lead after a good cross from the right found P. Raya alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. Draggen had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

With the match clock at 54 minutes, Verdes modified their style of play a little bit. After 55 minutes, the Draggen coach had a quick word about the tactical set-up and decided to try another approach. S. Mårtensson stunned the crowd with a brilliant counterattack from the left, giving Verdes the goal to make it 0 - 1. S. Olofsson was called on to replace Verdes's P. Gustavsson after 69 minutes following a nasty collision. Draggen tried to even things up by sending a long ball towards the centrally placed strikers, but the visitors' defence got the best of this rather direct style of play. After a fatal mistake from the away team's right side defence 80 minutes into the match, an alert V. Vladimirovski bagged the ball for Draggen, levelling the score to 1 - 1. 81 minutes into the game, Verdes wanted to bring some new energy to their game. S. Mårtensson gave M. Strobl a quick hug as he left the field. Verdes took the lead 84 minutes into the game, making the score 1 - 2 after some elegant movement down the middle. M. Strobl was the scorer. Possession in this half belonged to Draggen, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

M. Gustavsson performed admirably for Draggen. P. Raya on the other hand, had a terrible day. Verdes's top performer was clearly M. Strobl. On the other hand, S. Olofsson's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 2.