Rødderne 3 - 1 Vertigo (389413046)

53200 fans braved the pouring rain at FC Rødderne Arena. Martin Andersson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Frederik Pallesen and Maxime Schmittbuhl. Rødderne had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Gama Cabral - Falch Andersen, Berriz, Wenk - Zaniuk, Vicioso, Antuña, Bergin, Barker - Popovici, Kranich.

Vertigo tactics involved an interesting 5-3-2 combination. Lineup: Ðinđić - Haase, Laustsen, Schmidt, Lundgaard, Vester - Trust, Lüthje, Bodea - Lundberg, Paaske Sørensen.

Vertigo clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, G. Falch Andersen scored for Rødderne putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 6 minutes. O. Berriz sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from W. Zaniuk after 11 minutes of play, making the score 2 - 0. Vertigo's H. Trust got himself booked for a foul. A great save by keeper M. Ðinđić after 23 minutes kept the visitors in the game after A. Kranich struck from the left with a real cannonball. Good work by the Vertigo defensive line after 29 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found L. Laustsen alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 0. Rødderne had most of the ball, with 76 percent of possession.

Rødderne's O. Berriz increased the lead to 3 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 64 minutes. After this, you could see that the players of Rødderne were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. R. Vicioso wanted to play on, but the Rødderne coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 65 minutes into the game by J. Césan. Vertigo's counterattacks were lethal to the opposing defence, allowing K. Lundberg to score easily from the right flank for 3 - 1. With 75 minutes played, Rødderne's K. Bergin almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. With the clock showing 76 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of Vertigo resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by I. Lundgaard in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. The referee showed Vertigo's H. Vester the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Rødderne coach let D. Barth replace I. Popovici after 80 minutes. The Rødderne coach was visibly pleased with the score so far, but still ordered a few tactical changes 80 minutes into the game. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave N. Bodea from Vertigo a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 84 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! After 86 minutes, the defensive line of Vertigo created a counterattack through the middle that gave K. Schmidt a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. Rødderne claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 77 percent.

The most dominating Rødderne player was without a doubt A. Kranich. However, K. Bergin made a disastrous appearance. K. Lundberg performed admirably for Vertigo. H. Vester on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 1.