Sporting 1 - 2 Sport-Verein (390356464)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Parkstad Arena saw a crowd turnout of 13694. Guy Tzur was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Delfin Ismael and Niels Guldager. Sporting started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Györk - Hijne, Akse, Betik - Seber, Berlijn, Bračko, Boonekamp, Geijtenbeek - Blikman, Roodakker.

Sport-Verein tactics involved an interesting 4-3-3 combination. The following players took the field: van Holland - Tabacchini, Siekkinen, Gerasimovski, Mastroberardino - Bossard, Kvartuč, Quiñónez - Gioi, Grysolle, Baan.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Sporting. H. Siekkinen of Sport-Verein received a yellow card after 26 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Sporting had a chance to take the lead after M. Seber's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 33 minutes. With 36 minutes having been played, his teammates looked on in disbelief as U. Bračko thoughtlessly misplayed the ball, setting up Sport-Verein's J. Grysolle for an easy goal. 0 - 1. Sporting's C. Betik made an attempt at equalising 41 minutes into the match, coming in from the right, but the ball hit the post and the defence easily cleared the rebound. A well placed corner kick from G. Akse was followed by C. Betik's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for Sporting, the score now 1 - 1. 1 - 1 was the halftime score. Sporting enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 57 percent of possession.

Sporting's J. Geijtenbeek refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 53 minutes. The visiting P. Gioi was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 64 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 1 - 2 was the score. Sporting had most of the ball, with 57 percent of possession.

Sporting's best player was U. Bračko. H. Roodakker on the other hand, had a terrible day. Sport-Verein's top performer was clearly V. Mastroberardino. T. Quiñónez was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 2.