Sisamo 3 - 1 highlanders (393035973)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 45103 had shown up at O campo de Sisamo for the match. Ernst Ranftl was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Krystian Gertruda and Ville Äijälä. Sisamo tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: Nicolet - Dmoch, Ramotowski - Veyret, Poeder, Peltier, Giovannetti, Vix - Malm, Pardon, Barthelmes.

highlanders decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. Starters: Stevanović - Maçaranduba, Kossack, Blose - Leppa, Rekola, Mailänder, Stengaard - Julien, Gros, Waltert.

A. Stengaard was ever so close to scoring after an excellent corner was beautifully flicked on by T. Maçaranduba, but the ball bounced off the post to safety. At 27 minutes played, M. Malm came in from the right with the intention of giving Sisamo the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. After a fine move down the middle D. Giovannetti nearly gave the home side a goal after 31 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. M. Waltert had a good opportunity to give highlanders the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. Sisamo could have put themselves ahead after 35 minutes but E. Barthelmes missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of highlanders's F. Julien after 36 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Sisamo enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 66 percent of possession.

After 49 minutes of play, E. Barthelmes equalised for Sisamo after an elegant attack from the right. Sisamo took the lead 58 minutes in, as M. Malm broke through on the left and put the 2 - 1 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. Unhappy with the result so far in the game, the highlanders manager used a brief break in play after 60 minutes to give the players new directives. After 60 minutes, highlanders used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. Sisamo increased the lead as E. Barthelmes struck to make the score 3 - 1 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. After 62 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by E. Pardon might have resulted in another goal for Sisamo. However, R. Stevanović made a spectacular save. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Sisamo coach let B. Ellsworth replace R. Peltier after 65 minutes. The Sisamo players could smell victory in the air. B. Ramotowski wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for D. Levi after 70 minutes. J. Veyret wanted to play on, but the Sisamo coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 75 minutes into the game by E. Mengin. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Sisamo, with 69 percent of the ball.

M. Malm performed admirably for Sisamo. On the other hand, M. Dmoch's play was disheartening. highlanders's best player was N. Gros. H. Blose on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 1.