AUSTRIA 0 - 3 Nomadas (392724939)

The 415 spectators at SWAP ARENA were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Bo Trøjborg was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Morten Raaz and Renzo Luciano. AUSTRIA decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Schmidmayer - Jirotka, Feldhofer, Handl - Reiter, Servier, Buster, Elezović, Falkner - Österle, Kafesy.

A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Nomadas. Starters: Roni - Barros Aguado, Chelu, Murgades - Taffin, Pérez de Corta, Hypš, Abano - Kramer, Öğmen, Jasłowski.

Nomadas mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. 15 minutes in, AUSTRIA appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only poor. After 39 minutes, Nomadas's M. Chelu made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. Nomadas increased their lead after 41 minutes when N. Kramer broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 2, much to the home crowd's dismay. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from B. Barros Aguado after 43 minutes, and prevented Nomadas from going up another goal. 0 - 2 was the score after the first half. Nomadas enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 61 percent of possession.

During the break, AUSTRIA's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to passable organisation. 61 minutes into the game, AUSTRIA had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to inadequate. Several players seemed a little dazed by the warm weather, and were repeatedly tricked by the clever and agile G. Handl. A drive down the left side allowed P. Taffin to get in close and score another goal for Nomadas after 78 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 3. Nomadas had most of the ball, with 62 percent of possession.

AUSTRIA's best player was M. Kafesy. T. Schmidmayer was a disappointment, however. K. Öğmen performed admirably for Nomadas. A. Abano on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 3.