Edge 2 - 0 Sheffield (390051024)

Dark skies made the crowd of 47683 at Boddiker's Boudoir a little nervous, but the rain held off. Murat Oğultekin was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ondřej Černovský and Leo Cione. Edge had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Budd - Iljadhi, van Remmen, Bentvelt - Farrar, Carrol, Mackenzie, Stezkha, 京星 (Jingxing) - Raemisch, Abel.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Sheffield. Starters: Stållund - Lisak, Sugalski, Dinsmore, Klingenspor - Pocrnja, Dowd, Risley, Woodfinden, Kyöperi - Lambert.

Sheffield showed off their creative tactics. 11 minutes into the game, B. Dinsmore had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. 12 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Edge was G. Iljadhi. The referee showed Sheffield's D. Pocrnja the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. T. Raemisch squirmed through their central defence after 27 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. 2 - 0 was the halftime score. Edge claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

Edge's 李. 京星 (Jingxing) had a good first touch on the flank, but was crowded and, after a change of plan, sent the ball to F. Abel who somehow managed to curl the ball wide. Sheffield needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 70 minutes A. Sugalski made way for S. Calandrelli. After 75 minutes, Sheffield used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. Unhappy with the result so far in the game, the Sheffield manager used a brief break in play after 75 minutes to give the players new directives. After 76 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by J. Farrar might have resulted in another goal for Edge. However, B. Stållund made a spectacular save. Possession in this half belonged to Sheffield, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

F. Abel performed admirably for Edge. On the other hand, J. Farrar's play was disheartening. The most dominating Sheffield player was without a doubt J. Risley. However, S. Calandrelli made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 0.