The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 46862 had shown up at
Dødsstjernen for the match.
Antoon Huet was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Quinto Rehmann and
Theofilaktos Galidakis.
Ardi tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination.
They fielded: Branežac - Aslak, Kornum, Petri - Cantaro, Bergius, Tjørnild, Stensgaard - Gunter, Pyndt, Fourage.
Timmay! started off with a 4-4-2 lineup.
Starters: Fevgas - Mićović, Hubert, Svensson, Gregorio - Carozzi, Giotto, Glam, Bjerre - Manolov, Tuura.
Timmay! were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks.
Timmay!'s
D. Hubert gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 12 minutes with a superb strike from the right.
Timmay!'s
N. Glam got himself booked for a foul.
M. Carozzi looked like he could fly, as he rose high to head the ball. Unfortunately for Timmay!, the ball went just barely wide.
Timmay! increased their lead after 32 minutes when
J. Mićović broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 2, much to the home crowd's dismay.
0 - 2 was the halftime score.
Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Ardi, with 55 percent of the ball.
65 minutes into the match, Ardi's
N. Fourage collected a ball sent down the right and put it in the back of the net, narrowing the score to 1 - 2.
With 67 minutes played, the Ardi coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around.
N. Bērzkalns came on,
S. Cantaro had to leave the fray.
After 74 minutes of play,
P. Kornum equalised for Ardi after an elegant attack from the right.
After 76 minutes,
N. Fourage came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 3 - 2, giving Ardi the lead.
The head of
B. Tjørnild connected with a corner kick after 79 minutes, and the ball ended up with
N. Fourage of Ardi who blasted the ball into the net, making the score 4 - 2.
That made three goals for
N. Fourage and he was marked down for the hat trick.
Ardi claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.
Ardi's best player was
Å. Pyndt.
R. Branežac turned in a dismal performance, however.
The most dominating Timmay! player was without a doubt
F. Bjerre.
J. Svensson was a disappointment, however.
The match ends 4 - 2.