Rødderne 4 - 3 Fudoshin (389413076)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 63249 had shown up at FC Rødderne Arena for the match. Caspar Norwegen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Peider Ledermann and Claudio Amoruso. Rødderne started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. Lineup: Gama Cabral - Novak, Falch Andersen, Berriz, Wenk - 双康 (Shuangkang) , Caterina, Vicioso, Antuña, Barker - Popovici.

Fudoshin had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. They fielded: Sletskov - Thomsen, Bergholt - Plaza Ronda, Águas, Lindrup, Sok, Stentoft - Jerinić, Spagnulo, Kljaić.

37 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Rødderne to take the lead after a good cross from the right found U. Caterina alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. As the 40 minute mark approached, the Rødderne coach decided it was time for a substitution. G. Falch Andersen reluctantly made way for B. Schytz on the pitch. Priding himself in being an active coach, the Rødderne manager gave new instructions to his players after 40 minutes. A. Novak couldn't do anything to stop the technically gifted A. Spagnulo as he dodged past on his way to scoring a wonderful goal for Fudoshin - 0 - 1! After a fatal mistake from the away team's right side defence 43 minutes into the match, an alert R. Vicioso bagged the ball for Rødderne, levelling the score to 1 - 1. The referee showed Fudoshin's G. Plaza Ronda the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Slack defending gave Rødderne a chance to take the lead with 44 minutes played, but I. Popovici's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. 44 minutes into the game, M. Kljaić almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. Rødderne's A. Novak was shown a yellow card after 44 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Rødderne, with 52 percent of the ball.

After 47 minutes of play, U. Caterina gave the home team a 2 - 1 lead after an attack coming in from the right. 49 minutes into the match the visitors levelled the score at 2 - 2 as A. Spagnulo struck home from a rebound off the crossbar, following a shot from the right. After 71 minutes, the Rødderne coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving A. Novak off the field. A. Kranich took his place. The coach of Rødderne wanted to try to change things around after 71 minutes, and gave new tactical instructions. R. Vicioso would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. J. Césan entered the game for Rødderne as the match clock showed 72 minutes. 82 minutes into the match and the home team took a 3 - 2 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Rødderne was I. Popovici. After 83 minutes, the visitors tied it up at 3 - 3 when a fantastic pass from the left was finished off by D. Águas. Rødderne broke through on the left 84 minutes into the game, with I. Popovici firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 4 - 3 lead. Rødderne enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.

A. Antuña performed admirably for Rødderne. On the other hand, L. Gama Cabral's play was disheartening. Fudoshin's best player was D. Águas. However, S. Stentoft made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 4 - 3.