elmenebøllerne 2 - 0 duces (389475722)

Clouds darkened the skies at elmen Arena as 28957 spectators turned up for the match. Søren Margies was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Thorbjørn Eskerod and Roger Högborn. People from all over København had joined up for the derby. elmenebøllerne decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Singer - Friis Nielsen, Kurdov, Lindberg, Thrane - Blau, Johannes, Caramulo, Jeger - Dudzicki, Acevedo.

duces started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Lónich - Olmos, Lerga, Angeletti - Drøhse, Naranjo, Riis Jeppesen, Manolescu, Izustkinas - Vornicu, Zvity.

elmenebøllerne immediately set off using their skill at pressing their opponents. After 11 minutes duces's O. Lónich had to be carried off on a stretcher in agony. K. Hızlı came in to replace him. They were singing the praises of M. Blau 13 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to elmenebøllerne. The pressing tactics used by elmenebøllerne were successful as the ball remained close to the half way line at all times. Cheers filled the stadium as N. Jeger broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to elmenebøllerne. At this point, it was obvious that the players of elmenebøllerne lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. It was 2 - 0 at the break. duces had most of the ball, with 60 percent of possession.

At this time in the match, elmenebøllerne were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. Possession in this half belonged to duces, who controlled the ball 64 percent of the time.

elmenebøllerne's top performer was clearly N. Caramulo. J. Friis Nielsen on the other hand, had a terrible day. S. Manolescu performed admirably for duces. A. Angeletti was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 0.