United 1 - 1 Køddukker (389425770)

The crowd of 26739 turning up at TST United Arena today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Aris Toulikas was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Max Handlos and Pelle Willatzen. United tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. The following players took the field: Alexandersson - Lipták, Normand, Irıs - Heusinger, Escobal, Højsgaard, Dehli - Mathiasson, Delvigne, Recão.

Køddukker started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Renaut - Porciani, Batham, Commissaris - Mian, Dellbrück, Doganoglou, Murga, Alawiyyah - Lumilampi, Lizarraga.

The wings were the focus of most of Køddukker's attacks today. The muddy pitch made the game a gritty affair, which seemed to suit G. Dellbrück just fine. Køddukker's H. Batham was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 25 minutes. E. Beemster was called on to replace United's M. Delvigne after 32 minutes following a nasty collision. S. Mian came close to putting the visiting team one up 35 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but K. Alexandersson managed to tip the ball to a corner. Y. Doganoglou of Køddukker was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. United's R. Mathiasson tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave S. Normand from United a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 39 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! S. Commissaris had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. A counterattack by United after 42 minutes could have resulted in a goal, but S. Dehli, coming in on the left, couldn't get the shot off. It was 0 - 0 at the break. United claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

46 minutes into the game, United wanted to bring some new energy to their game. P. Højsgaard gave I. Dissing a quick hug as he left the field. 50 minutes into the game, H. Lumilampi almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. Køddukker's G. Lizarraga managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 71 minutes. 0 - 1. After a fatal mistake from the away team's right side defence 72 minutes into the match, an alert I. Dissing bagged the ball for United, levelling the score to 1 - 1. After 79 minutes, the Køddukker coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving F. Porciani off the field. F. Maschke took his place. Possession in this half belonged to Køddukker, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

The most dominating United player was without a doubt S. Normand. I. Dissing was a disappointment, however. G. Lizarraga performed admirably for Køddukker. F. Renaut on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 1.