Rufus 0 - 0 DJY (393005280)

A scorching day at Rufus Nova Logic Arena, where 1582 spectators were in place for today's match. Andrew van Wingerden was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Lars Lynge Villadsen and Hilbert Eggemann. Rufus started off with a 5-3-2 lineup. Starters: Suciu - Aldea, Disciullo, Bujor, Weiland, Tela - Găianu, Basarab, Pricopie - Horj, Bălulescu.

DJY tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: da Silveira - Rousse, Grellinger, Santerini, Lévêque, Escarramad - Raff, Fraschini, Moreillon, Bordin - Tuffner.

DJY mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. DJY were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. T. Lévêque's technique was perfect on this sunny day and led to some breathtaking tricks that bamboozled the defence. T. Lévêque of DJY received a yellow card after 21 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. After 29 minutes a very unfortunate collision in the penalty area led to Rufus's T. Weiland being carried off the pitch and replaced by Á. Palágyi. DJY players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. It was 0 - 0 at the break. DJY had most of the ball, with 62 percent of possession.

It was obvious that team DJY had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, L. Basarab got himself booked. The manager of Rufus was not happy. DJY had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. Possession in this half belonged to DJY, who controlled the ball 68 percent of the time.

Rufus's top performer was clearly S. Tela. N. Bălulescu turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating DJY player was without a doubt D. Raff. However, T. Moreillon made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 0.