RB Vejle 8 - 0 Karakurt (389466766)

Clouds darkened the skies at Lille Parken as 33996 spectators turned up for the match. Aleksandar Belić was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Samuel Pecharromán and Marco Sonsfeld. RB Vejle tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players took the field: Kammer - Freddahl, Kristensen, Bech, Borgholm - Richardy, Risstrand, Lykke Frandsen, Andie Jensen - Strauss, Schröder.

Karakurt started off with a 4-3-3 lineup. They fielded: Svensson - Isbrand, Bülow, Kozakiewicz, Ranum - Lønholdt, Warden, Berthelsen - Asmussen, Gram, Haun.

RB Vejle saw most attack opportunities on the wings. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to C. Freddahl, but the RB Vejle player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! After 21 minutes, R. Strauss put RB Vejle ahead 2 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. After 23 minutes, RB Vejle's R. Borgholm found the back of the goal with a beautiful free kick. 3 - 0. RB Vejle's J. Andie Jensen's long shot really ought to have found the net 34 minutes into the match, but it fell just wide of the target. It was 3 - 0 at the break. RB Vejle claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 78 percent.

Karakurt's E. Ranum was shown a yellow card after 71 minutes for slicing down an opponent. L. Schröder's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for RB Vejle, he bravely continued in the match. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. G. Lykke Frandsen squirmed through their central defence after 75 minutes, increasing the lead to 4 - 0. Confident in their lead, RB Vejle's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. The game was close to savage at times, and Karakurt's E. Ranum received a second yellow card after 76 minutes; his ticket out of the game. RB Vejle's L. Schröder increased the lead to 5 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 78 minutes. RB Vejle were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of RB Vejle to 6 - 0 as L. Schröder finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. There was concern in the stands when, at the 82 minute mark, RB Vejle's G. Lykke Frandsen hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. RB Vejle put themselves up 7 - 0 when G. Lykke Frandsen broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. With 84 minutes played, RB Vejle put themselves up 8 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to R. Strauss, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Possession in this half belonged to RB Vejle, who controlled the ball 81 percent of the time.

RB Vejle's best player was P. Risstrand. J. Andie Jensen turned in a dismal performance, however. Karakurt's top performer was clearly I. Asmussen. On the other hand, A. Svensson's play was disheartening. The match ends 8 - 0.