Athletic 4 - 3 Wycombe (390050630)

It had rained all day, but 46275 hardy fans still made it out to The Ayerside. Olivier Kattmann was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jonas Lemgo and Rafał Ząbik. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Athletic. The following players had been chosen: Birney - Satyakam, Pace, Williams - Laurin, Baxendale, Lampard, Cleary, Lidbury - Skinner, Veasey.

Wycombe decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. The following players took the field: Chontos - Worwąg, Staab - Palermo, Sgouros, Luu, Cvejanov, Callegati - Holland, Kukuruzović, Mullenders.

Č. Kukuruzović hit the corner kick straight to the keeper, but it was mishandled, giving Wycombe's T. Holland an easy chance to knock it in for 0 - 1. After 14 minutes of play, A. Laurin evened things up for Athletic with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 1 - 1. The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when G. Callegati was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 24 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! 1 - 2 was the score with 30 minutes played, after T. Luu cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Wycombe. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, D. Mullenders got himself booked. The manager of Wycombe was not happy. Wycombe's G. Callegati had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 36 minutes having been played. S. Rosal was the replacement. As the captain was no longer on the pitch, T. Luu took over the role of being the Wycombe captain. D. Mullenders of Wycombe took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 38 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 1 - 3. It was 1 - 3 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Athletic, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

It took several tries, but Athletic managed to break through on the left after 49 minutes, getting the ball to C. Veasey who easily reduced the lead to make the score 2 - 3. T. Holland had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. The Athletic players listened closely to their manager, as he gave new tactical instructions for the team. A. Satyakam, who often relies on his speed, had a rotten day on the drenched grass. Due to some great work on the right wing Athletic's M. Skinner was able to even the score after 70 minutes to make the score 3 - 3. After 75 minutes, the Athletic coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving C. Veasey off the field. C. LeBlanc took his place. Athletic took the lead 76 minutes in, as F. Baxendale broke through on the left and put the 4 - 3 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. Wycombe's J. Worwąg got himself booked for a foul. The coach of Athletic was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 80 minutes, S. Newman Spaul came on for A. Laurin. A loud groan was heard from the fans of Athletic, as R. Pace left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. G. Fitzpatrick took his place on the field. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Athletic, with 55 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Athletic player was without a doubt M. Skinner. However, A. Satyakam made a disastrous appearance. Most important Wycombe player was Č. Kukuruzović. M. Cvejanov on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 3.