Locos 2 - 7 Ringsted (389491144)

A scorching day at Estadio Olímpico, where 15752 spectators were in place for today's match. Pierluigi Pisanzio was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Bruno Sensale and Hieronymus Immervoll. Locos had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. They fielded: Hviid - Cabañero Martínez, Góntar, Bernate - Kalbach, Ribeiro, Seume, Özakıncı - von Campenhausen, Ulbert, Schoop.

Ringsted tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Broekman - Jacobsen, Lehmkuhl, Iğla - Bengtsen, Stjernholm, Heckner, Gravesen, Koefod - Tomić, Bernal.

M. Schoop of Locos was able to make an impressive rush past the sluggish R. Jacobsen, which resulted in a goal making the score 1 - 0. Ringsted tied it all up, 22 minutes in, after a spectacular goal by C. Bernal, who miraculously broke through the home side's central defence, making it 1 - 1. After a fine move down the middle M. Schoop nearly gave the home side a goal after 26 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. R. Jacobsen was in the clear after breaking the offside trap following a Ringsted counterattack from the left after 27 minutes. His neat finish made the score 1 - 2. C. Bernal received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 31 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 1 - 3. The Ringsted fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. Ringsted's P. Stjernholm made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 32 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. It was a hot and sunny day, and several players seemed worn out. Maybe this was why N. Bengtsen found an unusual amount of space for his snappy footwork. After 35 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for R. Jacobsen who increased Ringsted's lead to 1 - 4. The incalculable L. Bernate of Locos did everything right as he set up M. Schoop for a goal after 36 minutes. Unfortunately, the strike missed its target. A drive down the left side allowed F. Heckner to get in close and score another goal for Ringsted after 37 minutes, taking the score to 1 - 5. It was 1 - 5 at the break. Ringsted enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 67 percent of possession.

53 minutes into the match, Locos's K. von Campenhausen collected a ball sent down the right and put it in the back of the net, narrowing the score to 2 - 5. With 63 minutes played, Ringsted put themselves up 2 - 6 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was D. Lehmkuhl. By now, the players in Ringsted felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. B. Hviid kept the home side in the game with a magnificent save when J. Koefod delivered an almost perfect free kick to the far post. P. Stjernholm of Ringsted took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 65 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 2 - 7. Ringsted claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 71 percent.

The most dominating Locos player was without a doubt J. Ulbert. J. Cabañero Martínez on the other hand, had a terrible day. Ringsted's top performer was clearly C. Bernal. On the other hand, F. Broekman's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 7.