ARAG 0 - 5 Strikers (388544955)

17963 spectators arrived at Artevelde Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Tero Martinoja was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Emil Petreanu and Alojzy Marowski. ARAG started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Sandomierski - Riva, Lucia, Arabosis, Carlier - Delavec, Leindler, Tinaglia, Mantiñian - Silva Lopes, Hamberger.

Strikers had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Dahlsgaard - Drakmar, Mettes, Codina - Ribeiro, Avellí, Winder, Rubio Paz, Cerbaia - Colomer, Lintern.

ARAG clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. T. Drakmar delivered a good free kick from an excellent position 28 minutes into the game, but luck wasn't on Strikers's side this time and the ball went wide. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 32 minutes into the match, and L. Lintern wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 0 - 1 for the visitors. With 35 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed Á. Colomer of Strikers to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 2. 0 - 2 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Strikers, who controlled the ball 60 percent of the time.

Strikers increased their lead after 54 minutes when L. Lintern broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 3, much to the home crowd's dismay. Strikers's S. Cerbaia got himself booked for a foul. With 64 minutes played, F. Lucia of ARAG fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. After 70 minutes, ARAG switched E. Tinaglia with H. Adolfsson, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. A. Leindler acted foolishly after 77 minutes, giving the ball up to Strikers's L. Lintern who had no trouble finding the back of the net. 0 - 4. That made three goals for L. Lintern and he was marked down for the hat trick. Á. Colomer of Strikers took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 78 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 5. By now, the players in Strikers felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. After 81 minutes, Z. Silva Lopes had a good opportunity to reduce the scoreline for ARAG with a chance created through the middle, but wasn't cool enough. The ball went miles over the bar. J. Sandomierski got a fingertip on F. Ribeiro's shot from the left 82 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Ó. Riva got himself booked. The manager of ARAG was not happy. Strikers claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 60 percent.

Z. Silva Lopes performed admirably for ARAG. On the other hand, H. Adolfsson's play was disheartening. The most dominating Strikers player was without a doubt Á. Colomer. However, F. Avellí made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 5.