LMU 3 - 4 Ninjas (389414012)

44740 fans braved the pouring rain at LM Stadium. Slobodan Popović was the appointed referee. LMU tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Kabelitz - Strohhofer, Mårtensson, Yankin - Săndulescu, Díaz, Andreassen, Sløk, Ribeiro Nascimento - van der Duin, Knight.

Ninjas decided to use a 4-3-3 set up. Starters: Zsolt - Fogelen, Monti Carlo, Jørgensen, Haldrup - Mcconnell, Rapacz, Harder - Barbosa, Constantinescu, Bach Lauritsen.

Ninjas were relying on their ability to counter-attack. Ninjas's F. Jørgensen gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 8 minutes with a superb strike from the right. With 26 minutes having been played, LMU scored to make it 1 - 1. A dribble down the left wing, followed by a shot which took a wicked bounce off a defender resulted in the keeper having no chance. Everyone thought it'd been an own goal, but D. Strohhofer was marked down as the scorer. LMU broke through on the left 27 minutes into the game, with M. Knight firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 2 - 1 lead. 2 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by LMU, with 65 percent of the ball.

LMU put in a good effort on the right, but V. Yankin saw his volley fly wide of the mark 55 minutes into the game. R. Bach Lauritsen was first to reach a ball launched long through the center from Ninjas's defence 56 minutes into the game. He managed to keep his cool and beat the goalkeeper to make the score 2 - 2. F. Jørgensen of Ninjas seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 2 - 3 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by L. Fogelen. After 63 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for R. Bach Lauritsen who increased Ninjas's lead to 2 - 4. After this, you could see that the players of Ninjas were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. With 70 minutes played, the LMU coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. R. Sander came on, F. van der Duin had to leave the fray. With 78 minutes played, K. Mårtensson was very close to reducing the score for LMU with a low drive from the left, but a defender stuck his foot out just in the nick of time, blocking the shot to a corner. D. Strohhofer was uncomfortable with the soggy pitch as he couldn't move the ball around with his usual grace. LMU's M. Knight cut towards the middle after 83 minutes, receiving a brilliant pass and slicing through the visiting team's central defence, reducing the lead to 3 - 4. No matter how hard he tried, M. Knight just couldn't get his shot past the visitors' right side defence after 84 minutes. Ninjas's defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 85 minutes gone, but L. Fogelen's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper. LMU's R. Ribeiro Nascimento made a successful breakthrough on the left after 87 minutes and should have levelled the score, but instead he clipped it over the bar. Possession in this half belonged to LMU, who controlled the ball 65 percent of the time.

Most important LMU player was M. Knight. K. Mårtensson turned in a dismal performance, however. Ninjas's best player was R. Bach Lauritsen. On the other hand, F. Haldrup's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 4.