Mørkhøj 1 - 3 Pedelsk (389424592)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 27791 at FC Mørkhøj Arena today. Elias Pahlings was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jaroslav Plecháč and Korey Ray. Mørkhøj decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Perinu - Syrnikov, Soto López, Esen - Gaba, Korotkovas, Cillekens, Ple, İkramzadə - Hus, Bork.

A 5-3-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Pedelsk. They fielded: Znotas - Rossen, Stüber, Fittler, Dodebier, Grucela - Stjerne, Johansen, Taina - Grandi, Ravnkilde.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Pedelsk. Making his way up the middle 5 minutes into the match, N. Esen almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert S. Znotas blocked it to keep the score level. 6 minutes into the game, D. Ravnkilde finished off a Pedelsk left wing counterattack, making the score 0 - 1. Pedelsk's B. Grandi got himself booked for a foul. Pedelsk showed their counterattack skill 33 minutes into the match by breaking through the middle, with K. Taina scoring uncontested for 0 - 2. It was 0 - 2 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Mørkhøj, who controlled the ball 63 percent of the time.

The visitors' B. Grandi took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 56 minutes into the match. 0 - 3 for Pedelsk. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Pedelsk lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Coming in from the right, Pedelsk had a good opportunity to convert on a counterattack after 61 minutes, but D. Ravnkilde's attempt to finish was easily stopped. 71 minutes into the game, Pedelsk worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. Mørkhøj supporters cheered as good work down the right got the ball to I. Korotkovas who reduced the visitors' lead after 73 minutes to 1 - 3. With 79 minutes gone, B. Grandi suddenly found himself completely free on the right wing when a counterattack by Pedelsk caught their opponents by surprise. Only a great save by the opposing keeper prevented him from scoring. E. Hus charged down the left and looked sure to score for Mørkhøj 83 minutes into the game, but his shot went just wide. With the clock showing 84 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of Pedelsk resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by D. Fittler in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. Mørkhøj claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 64 percent.

The most dominating Mørkhøj player was without a doubt C. Ple. However, A. Bork made a disastrous appearance. D. Ravnkilde performed admirably for Pedelsk. On the other hand, S. Znotas's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 3.