Amsterdam 0 - 1 SNUFJE (390263441)

22880 punters turned up at AFC Amsterdam, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Darío Fernando Duarte was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gabriel Omar Alsogaray and Roland Zagulski. A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Amsterdam. The following players took the field: Borhidan - Klijn, Greff, Heespen, Mogensen - Štědrý, Prochota, Hoeltzenbein, Shkedi, Gilardoni - Chinigò.

SNUFJE tactics involved an interesting 5-3-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Tarantola - Gallina, Argov, Papalia, Irak, Coly - Collu, Ganete, Del Prado - Balaban, Hoz.

Amsterdam used their skill at pressing to cut off the attack angles of their opponents all over the field. SNUFJE used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. SNUFJE's L. Papalia was shown a yellow card after 12 minutes for slicing down an opponent. With 19 minutes played K. Klijn almost gave the home side the lead with an unexpected free kick set up, but the visitors' D. Tarantola was onto it, grabbing the would be breakthrough ball. Amsterdam pressed their opponents, causing the game to be a bit of a stalemate at times. SNUFJE had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. Halftime score was 0 - 0. Amsterdam claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 65 percent.

Amsterdam got a penalty shot 76 minutes into the game, but K. Klijn scuffed the shot slightly and D. Tarantola was able to block. Z. Balaban stunned the crowd with a brilliant counterattack from the left, giving SNUFJE the goal to make it 0 - 1. Amsterdam had most of the ball, with 61 percent of possession.

Amsterdam's top performer was clearly D. Chinigò. However, C. Gilardoni made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating SNUFJE player was without a doubt A. Hoz. On the other hand, F. Collu's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 1.