United 0 - 8 Couro (389415409)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 23392 at Modstandere I Modvind today. Jenel Stefan was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Tarjei Iversen and Calvin Rauschebart. United decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Kodrup - Lauring, Nielsen, Kukk - Bøgebjerg, Kofod, Smidemann, Hvidtfeldt, Lindrup - Guinot, Çağdaş.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Couro. Lineup: Bugl - Simionescu, Prod Homme, Camara, Malmberg - Christiansson, Zuberbühler, Spangberg, Klausen, Vadstrup - Hout.

Couro took a creative approach on the field. After 9 minutes of play, Couro's H. Spangberg unexpectedly struck an inside out ball from no angle at all and P. Hout slotted it into the net for 0 - 1. A swift counterattack by Couro resulted in a free kick that D. Camara elegantly twisted into the goal - 0 - 2! The head of N. Zuberbühler connected with a corner kick after 14 minutes, and the ball ended up with C. Prod Homme of Couro who blasted the ball into the net, making the score 0 - 3. Confident in their lead, Couro's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. United's H. Çağdaş was shown a yellow card after 18 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Couro were forced into a substitution as P. Hout couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing I. Intriago to come in off the bench. Couro nearly produced a goal as I. Intriago set up E. Vadstrup for a strike from a seemingly impossible angle. However he put the shot narrowly wide. The home crowd cheered when, after 30 minutes, I. Intriago's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. 36 minutes into the match, H. Spangberg came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 3. Couro had most of the ball, with 67 percent of possession.

After 58 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed N. Zuberbühler to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 4. A well placed corner kick from D. Camara was followed by C. Prod Homme's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for Couro, the score now 0 - 5. N. Zuberbühler increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 6. With 76 minutes played, Couro put themselves up 0 - 7 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was S. Simionescu. Some fine movement on the left led to a Couro goal after 81 minutes, making it 0 - 8. N. Zuberbühler was noted down as the scorer. At that, N. Zuberbühler was noted down for a hat trick! Couro claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 72 percent.

Most important United player was B. Guinot. S. Kukk on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Couro player was without a doubt J. Bugl. On the other hand, C. Prod Homme's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 8.