FENOCO 7 - 2 Santims (391899669)

22075 spectators had come to Monumental del Norte this cloudy day. Lucicã Enache was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Dominique Ruiter and Twan van Oijen. FENOCO decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Torda - Caixeiro, Urbański, Schleinig - Tanski, Chanteur, Laureano, Cambareri, Pousi - Savilahti, Olsen.

Santims started off with a 1-5-2 lineup. Starters: Santos - Linström - Trindade, Chetali, Egger, Alexiev, Cendales - Grobovas, Missiaen.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of FENOCO. Santims clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. The visiting M. Cendales was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 5 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. With the crowd on their feet chanting wildly, some great moves down the right hand side after 8 minutes gave FENOCO a wonderful opportunity to level the score, and T. Olsen stepped up to the challenge. 1 - 1 17 minutes in, Santims appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only inadequate. FENOCO took the lead 33 minutes into the game by 2 - 1, as A. Savilahti elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, A. Cambareri got himself booked. The manager of FENOCO was not happy. FENOCO's S. Urbański had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 40 minutes having been played. J. Gambasica was the replacement. S. Chanteur dispatched a majestic long shot 41 minutes into the match, but missed the goal by a few metres. When A. Alexiev left the game because of a back injury after 42 minutes, Santims had to continue a man short due to there being no available replacements. The home team will be cursing R. Grobovas for weeks; he finished off a great pass from the left, knocking it past the keeper without a problem. The match was level at 2 - 2 after 43 minutes. 44 minutes into the match and the home team took a 3 - 2 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for FENOCO was T. Olsen. 44 minutes in, FENOCO's S. Chanteur received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 2. FENOCO had most of the ball, with 63 percent of possession.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that Santims had solid organisation. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. T. Olsen squirmed through their central defence after 48 minutes, increasing the lead to 4 - 2. This third goal completed a hattrick for T. Olsen. There was concern in the stands when, at the 49 minute mark, Santims's T. Linström hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. The referee showed FENOCO's J. Gambasica the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 56 minutes into the game, Santims seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to passable. With 67 minutes played, FENOCO put themselves up 5 - 2 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to S. Chanteur, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. By now, the players in FENOCO felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. A. Savilahti increased the lead for FENOCO to 6 - 2, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! FENOCO solidified their lead at the 73 minute mark, as S. Chanteur dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 7 - 2. 81 minutes into the game, Santims seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a weak level of organisation. 85 minutes into the match, N. Laureano could have extended the lead, but his powerful free kick went just over the bar. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by FENOCO, with 65 percent of the ball.

FENOCO's top performer was clearly T. Olsen. J. Gambasica on the other hand, had a terrible day. R. Grobovas performed admirably for Santims. However, T. Linström made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 7 - 2.