Almby 3 - 2 Stofa (388130588)

44881 punters turned up at Rondellens IP, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Benoît Zwinggi was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Álvaro Tirol and Dion Schoop. Almby tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. They fielded: Diaferia - Farsi, Rubio, Fogelner - Nagy, Simensen, Almoiña, Brahe - Mårtensson, Černý, Wickling.

Stofa had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Alexandre - Arconte, Ganança, Gaioni - Reboul, Edengren, Bâră, Walinowicz, Stan - Molnár, Savgun.

The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to R. Farsi, but the Almby player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! Almby's R. Mårtensson saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 28 minutes. G. Arconte sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from X. Reboul after 34 minutes of play, making the score 1 - 1. W. Edengren came close to putting the visiting team one up 35 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but D. Diaferia managed to tip the ball to a corner. After 36 minutes Almby's G. Simensen contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Stofa, with 54 percent of the ball.

Almby fans held their breath as R. Farsi scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 2 - 1! Content with how the game was proceeding, the Almby coach let C. Comito replace E. Almoiña after 66 minutes. The visitors' equaliser seemed sure to come after 84 minutes, following a one on one situation around the left hand side of the goal area, but D. Diaferia got the best of it, blocking the shot from O. Savgun. Stofa levelled the score after 85 minutes to make it 2 - 2, as O. Savgun struck home after a fine midfield combination through the centre, which left him completely unmarked. They were singing the praises of L. Nagy 86 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 3 - 2 to Almby. Stofa had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

Almby's best player was V. Černý. L. Nagy was a disappointment, however. Stofa's top performer was clearly R. Walinowicz. On the other hand, W. Edengren's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 2.