Always&Forever 1 - 0 paris (393370283)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 1611 had shown up at Cei mai buni joaca aici for the match. Vasco Malheiro was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alin Burcã and Pi Tzu-Yu. Always&Forever started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Özinan - Buturoagă, Kroess, Sumănaru - Stoicovici, Iuga, Iliescu, Purza, Dumbrăvean - Sibişan, Ibern.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for paris. Lineup: Bačinović - Lemvig, Ommers, Ogrodowicz, Delforge - Dima, Renard, Abramishvili, Dutordoir - De Swaef, Ragusa.

The strategy for paris was to use their ability to press. P. Dumbrăvean looked like he could fly, as he rose high to head the ball. Unfortunately for Always&Forever, the ball went just barely wide. paris's ability to press all over the field frequently paid dividends. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, P. Dumbrăvean got himself booked. The manager of Always&Forever was not happy. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to paris, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

With 47 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience, S. Lemvig needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. Always&Forever took the lead 53 minutes in, as C. Sibişan broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. When P. Dumbrăvean made yet another studs-first tackle after 54 minutes, the referee was obliged to book the Always&Forever player for the second time, sending him off the pitch. T. De Swaef of paris had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. X. Cauthon came in to finish the match. paris enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

H. Kroess performed admirably for Always&Forever. However, G. Sumănaru made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating paris player was without a doubt X. Cauthon. I. Ommers was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 0.