2002 2 - 4 Ulfborg (393232158)

52905 spectators had come to BK 2002 Arena this cloudy day. Sergio Contreras was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Carlo Collura and Eduardo dos Santos. 2002 tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Junayd - Pilegaard, Thomsen, Smedegaard - Kalhøj, Pinstrup, Eskildsen, Poulsen, Bach - Gjødvad, Bertelsen.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Ulfborg. The following players had been chosen: Kejlberg - Colding, Lamhauge, Karkov - Rostgaard, Jacobsen, Røll, Nygaard, Ankergren - Furkan, Katzburg.

The guests almost went up by a goal after 2 minutes when A. Katzburg came through and shot from the right. The ball bounced harmlessly off the post, though. Ulfborg took the lead after 5 minutes making the score 0 - 1. O. Røll placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. 2002's J. Pinstrup was shown a yellow card after 19 minutes for slicing down an opponent. After 24 minutes, 2002 raised their score by one when K. Bach's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by J. Gjødvad. 1 - 1. 2002 made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left J. Gjødvad completely alone with keeper C. Kejlberg, who made a spectacular block. With 28 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. D. Ankergren put the ball away for 1 - 2. 1 - 2 was the score after the first half. Ulfborg had most of the ball, with 61 percent of possession.

H. Junayd got a fingertip on I. Lamhauge's shot from the left 53 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. With the crowd on their feet chanting wildly, some great moves down the right hand side after 63 minutes gave 2002 a wonderful opportunity to level the score, and O. Eskildsen stepped up to the challenge. 2 - 2 2002's O. Eskildsen was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 71 minutes. Ulfborg's K. Furkan managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 75 minutes. 2 - 3. D. Ankergren of Ulfborg took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 81 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 2 - 4. Ulfborg enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 61 percent of possession.

M. Bertelsen performed admirably for 2002. However, T. Kalhøj made a disastrous appearance. Most important Ulfborg player was A. Katzburg. I. Lamhauge on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 4.