Fremantle 0 - 2 Cool (392829848)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 24676 to Portuga Arena. Aebi Beckham was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Dominik Irniger and Ted Eid. Fremantle had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. The following players took the field: Irimia - Estévez, Windolph, Freitas, Bures, Woolford - Lossau, Woyna, Ponsart, Eales - 淳洪 (Chunhong).

Cool decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. Starters: Wainwright - Ellison, Justsen - Schweisfurth, Kargbo, Burnett, Tuqiri, Wooden - Manihera, Toovey, Faulkes.

Fremantle clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Cool's L. Faulkes after 25 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. It was 0 - 1 at the break. Cool had most of the ball, with 63 percent of possession.

E. Bures was just a finger's breadth away from an equaliser for Fremantle with a strike from the left, but V. Wainwright managed to ward the shot off for a corner. The bench was restless, and with 65 minutes passed Fremantle's coach gave G. Squaiella the opportunity the player had been hoping for. 任. 淳洪 (Chunhong) reluctantly left the field. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Fremantle's R. Irimia was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 73 minutes. M. Zwarts was given a chance to change things around. 73 minutes into the game, Cool were awarded a penalty and M. Justsen was able to increase the visitors' lead to 0 - 2 rolling the ball in by the right post. After the ball was lifted in from the left, P. Manihera was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 76 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. Fremantle's G. Squaiella got himself booked for a foul. S. Schweisfurth was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so Cool's M. Mäkitervo had to come off the bench. Cool claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 66 percent.

F. Eales performed admirably for Fremantle. G. Lossau was a disappointment, however. Cool's best player was M. Tuqiri. On the other hand, L. Burnett's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 2.