Rondônia 2 - 1 flanatico (391542710)

Clear skies welcomed the 45290 spectators who had made their way to Beira-Floresta. Jon Plasier was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sven Killbrant and Kostas Kalaitzakis. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Rondônia. They fielded: Andrade - Hedberg, Mihaylov, Tazo, Sandstad - Gruba, Laager, Turnwald, Nedelcu - Supčík, Bulucea.

flanatico had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. The following players took the field: Makal - Hobbs, Hetényi - Domeradzki, Thisted, Holzmüller, Rach, Serwin - Lopes, Ateş, Seglem.

Rondônia were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. Pressing was the tactic of the day for flanatico. The referee showed Rondônia's D. Hedberg the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. A. Serwin came close to putting the visiting team one up 24 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but E. Andrade managed to tip the ball to a corner. With 26 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as I. Bulucea flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. flanatico tied it all up, 30 minutes in, after a spectacular goal by B. Ateş, who miraculously broke through the home side's central defence, making it 1 - 1. Rondônia were very close to putting themselves one up after 33 minutes as D. Hedberg got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when F. Lopes was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 35 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! At this time in the match, flanatico were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. Halftime score was 1 - 1. Rondônia enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

flanatico's talent at pressing frustrated the spectators as the game became a dire midfield struggle. flanatico's A. Serwin refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 64 minutes. Rondônia caught their opponents out with a clever counterattack down the right wing 66 minutes into the match. Š. Supčík was able to finish off the move - 2 - 1. The visitors' equaliser seemed sure to come after 69 minutes, following a one on one situation around the left hand side of the goal area, but E. Andrade got the best of it, blocking the shot from F. Lopes. With 70 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of Rondônia resulted in a counterattack that set D. Hedberg free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. Coming through the middle L. Hetényi almost scored the equaliser for flanatico after 71 minutes, but E. Andrade made an excellent save, tipping the awkwardly curled shot past the post. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave O. Seglem from flanatico a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 72 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! With 76 minutes played, the flanatico coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. C. Chumbo came on, H. Rach had to leave the fray. flanatico needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 78 minutes A. Thisted made way for D. Castelijns. R. Gruba wanted to play on, but the Rondônia coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 80 minutes into the game by J. Jůza. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Rondônia coach let G. Penninger replace F. Tazo after 82 minutes. Possession in this half belonged to Rondônia, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

Rondônia's best player was I. Bulucea. V. Nedelcu on the other hand, had a terrible day. F. Lopes performed admirably for flanatico. However, A. Serwin made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 1.