crb 1 - 0 Noorden (388571332)

Clear skies welcomed the 9450 spectators who had made their way to Jan Breydelstadion. Heriberto Canchanya was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Apolonas Endrikaitis and Homer Bessekri. crb decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Boczula - Brajko, Mabille, Winkler-Kruse - Fiskum, Purchała, Garrel, Chruściel, Frattali - Carpentier, Junger.

Noorden started off with a 5-4-1 lineup. They fielded: Tassart - Varmyan, 博遠 (Boyuan), Mothopeng, Apostolović, Jovic - Ramalho, Łożyński, Gabrysz, Ivanauskas - Hohmann.

crb seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. crb were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. crb's W. Purchała was shown a yellow card after 33 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 38 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but R. Ivanauskas, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. There was concern in the stands when, at the 42 minute mark, Noorden's I. Łożyński hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. It was 0 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to crb, who controlled the ball 66 percent of the time.

任. 博遠 (Boyuan) came close to putting the visiting team one up 52 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but F. Boczula managed to tip the ball to a corner. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to N. Mabille, but the crb player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! Noorden's V. Apostolović had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 81 minutes having been played. J. Faustino was the replacement. With 82 minutes played, the Noorden coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. T. Bittencourt came on, K. Gabrysz had to leave the fray. As the captain was no longer on the pitch, V. Ramalho took over the role of being the Noorden captain. Noorden's T. Bittencourt got himself booked for a foul. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Noorden's V. Ramalho was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 83 minutes. D. Helis was given a chance to change things around. I. Łożyński was the new captain of Noorden - handed the armband by the departing player. crb enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 68 percent of possession.

Most important crb player was M. Frattali. H. Winkler-Kruse turned in a dismal performance, however. Noorden's top performer was clearly M. Mothopeng. J. Faustino was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 0.