1970 1 - 2 Diablos (389420041)

46436 punters turned up at BK 1970 Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Dario van Gaal was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Pontus Törnner and Randy de Wael. 1970 tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Riutort - Papadogeorgakis, Acosta, Pisano - Paquet, Hedeland, Nygaard, Simonsen, Reckließ - Sannier, Speranti.

Diablos started off with a 5-4-1 lineup. The following players took the field: Stolzenburg - Svoboda, Alford, Grance, Chaldoupis, Flament - Schuech, Porse, Rosenø, Matera - Ørbog.

Diablos clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. Slack defending gave 1970 a chance to take the lead with 21 minutes played, but A. Speranti's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. Diablos's G. Matera was shown a yellow card after 37 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Unfortunately for 1970, G. Paquet was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. E. Priebe replaced him. It was 0 - 0 at the break. 1970 enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.

We may never know what R. Nygaard was thinking when he tried to pass the ball through a crowd of opponents. Luckily for him, Diablos's O. Ørbog somehow missed the wide open net. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Diablos's O. Ørbog after 64 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. With 69 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed S. Svoboda of Diablos to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 2. The players of Diablos now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. 1970 didn't give in and with 72 minutes played F. Sannier was able to make the score 1 - 2 after an attack on the right. L. Schuech of Diablos was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. After 85 minutes, the defensive line of Diablos created a counterattack through the middle that gave J. Alford a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by 1970, with 52 percent of the ball.

1970's best player was A. Speranti. E. Priebe was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Diablos player was without a doubt J. Rosenø. However, O. Ørbog made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 2.