Dominicanos 3 - 3 Drigstrup (393083999)

1413 fans braved the pouring rain at Cibaeños Unidos. Pentti Jämsä was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mikko Teirilä and Oded Luz. Dominicanos started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. They fielded: Mosebo - Usuk, Klüfer, Zdrodowski, Loio - Hystad, Potrebuješ, Artounyan, Gras, Verhook - Presta.

Drigstrup decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. Starters: Bedsted - Iversen, Davidsen, Lunde - Vodsgaard, Spangberg, Foldgast, Snedker - Poulsen, Gedsø, Udesen.

Drigstrup used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. C. Loio was very close to giving Dominicanos the lead with an ingenious free kick routine 7 minutes into the match, but the ball just grazed the bar. Dominicanos took the lead after 18 minutes as a result of A. Presta's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. Drigstrup had to make a substitution after 27 minutes. R. Bedsted limped off the field and was replaced by F. Juul. 28 minutes into the match, Dominicanos's F. Hystad popped up from nowhere, cheekily stole the ball off an opposition player and scored. 2 - 0. 30 minutes in, Drigstrup's E. Iversen received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Drigstrup's P. Gedsø was shown a yellow card after 37 minutes for slicing down an opponent. A loud groan was heard from the fans of Dominicanos, as F. Hystad left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. R. Sánchez took his place on the field. It was 2 - 0 at the break. Dominicanos enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 58 percent of possession.

With 46 minutes played, the Drigstrup coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. L. Rubinke came on, E. Iversen had to leave the fray. The bench was restless, and with 46 minutes passed Drigstrup's coach gave M. Svejstrup the opportunity the player had been hoping for. U. Vodsgaard reluctantly left the field. The muddy pitch made the game a gritty affair, which seemed to suit J. Zdrodowski just fine. After 52 minutes, F. Poulsen chose the right corner while taking his penalty, humiliating the home keeper, who dived in the wrong direction. The goal reduced the home lead to 2 - 1. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Dominicanos scored another to make it 3 - 1 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for B. Potrebuješ after 57 minutes. After this, you could see that the players of Dominicanos were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. The guests got an opportunity to reduce after 67 minutes and F. Poulsen took it from the penalty spot, scoring easily for 3 - 2. P. Gedsø of Drigstrup got sent off for kicking the ball after the whistle, a completely uncalled for move, earning him his second yellow card of the game. The visitors didn't give in and, after 75 minutes, R. Snedker got through the home side's central line of defence, rolling in the equaliser to make it 3 - 3. Dominicanos claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 60 percent.

Dominicanos's top performer was clearly C. Gras. F. Mosebo turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Drigstrup player was without a doubt B. Udesen. On the other hand, F. Lunde's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 3.