Vriende 0 - 4 niederbüren (393297781)

1372 punters turned up at Heizel Káká, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Rodolphe Gisler-Regli was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Väints Veider and Dušan Fusek. Vriende started off with a 5-5-0 lineup. They fielded: Okaj - Berchem, Jacquat, Rakuschan, Weyts, Wyns - Fraipont, Palfliet, Titeux, Martínez Rico, Perauer -.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for niederbüren. The following players had been chosen: Duelund - Daumal, van Uffelen, Olinga - Renfer, Elşənzadə, Drange, Barendregt, Svensson - Oriol, Burli.

P. Daumal came close to putting the visiting team one up 9 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but J. Okaj managed to tip the ball to a corner. Vriende almost scored after a swift counterattack 10 minutes into the game, but G. Palfliet put the shot from the left flank just outside the goal. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 13 minutes allowed M. Drange to score for niederbüren. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1. The visitors' M. Drange took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 15 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for niederbüren. B. Blanquez was called on to replace Vriende's J. Weyts after 29 minutes following a nasty collision. B. Titeux was handed the Vriende captain's armband. Vriende's T. Berchem startled G. Fraipont with an unexpected pass. Unfortunately, the receiver was too stunned by the play to convert the perfect setup into a goal. F. Burli of niederbüren took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 33 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 3. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 3. niederbüren claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 73 percent.

Vriende's B. Titeux got himself booked for a foul. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Vriende's J. Okaj was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 58 minutes. R. Lukáš was given a chance to change things around. V. Elşənzadə wanted to play on, but the niederbüren coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 75 minutes into the game by B. Gianello. R. Lukáš got a fingertip on B. Oriol's shot from the left 80 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. With 85 minutes played, D. Olinga nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. niederbüren's B. Gianello made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 86 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. After 87 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for P. Daumal who increased niederbüren's lead to 0 - 4. At this point, it was obvious that the players of niederbüren lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Vriende's T. Berchem was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 88 minutes. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by niederbüren, with 77 percent of the ball.

Vriende's best player was B. Titeux. On the other hand, R. Lukáš's play was disheartening. niederbüren's top performer was clearly F. Burli. P. Daumal was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 4.