Basque 0 - 0 Virup (393638082)

1343 fans braved the pouring rain at Stamford Basque Bridge. Orla Bjørn was the appointed referee with assistance provided by César Ventura and Helmi Kertz. Basque had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. The following players took the field: Vergara - Vime, Ortiz el Viejo, Albacar, Mägi, Rauff - Thisted, Aboms, Illescas, Fetz - Westerlaken.

Virup tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Gadeberg - Loschko, Bošanský, Kázmér - Søndergaard, Tomsen, Ekelund, Ørnstrup, Roed - Van Holm, Lahos.

Basque seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. F. Thisted was uncomfortable with the soggy pitch as he couldn't move the ball around with his usual grace. With 31 minutes played F. Albacar almost gave the home side the lead with an unexpected free kick set up, but the visitors' M. Gadeberg was onto it, grabbing the would be breakthrough ball. Basque's V. Fetz was shown a yellow card after 33 minutes for slicing down an opponent. T. Halldorsson was called on to replace Virup's A. Lahos after 34 minutes following a nasty collision. H. Ekelund was having a great game - if anything the pouring rain seemed to be spurring him on! K. Søndergaard delivered a good free kick from an excellent position 39 minutes into the game, but luck wasn't on Virup's side this time and the ball went wide. H. Tomsen had a good opportunity to give Virup 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. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Virup, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.

V. Fetz looked to be heading one way when he unexpectedly passed the ball to R. Westerlaken. The move caught everyone off-guard, including his teammate, who panicked and kicked the ball out of play by accident. Virup had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 73 minutes in when V. Bošanský came up alone against H. Vergara who managed a block. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, F. Albacar got himself booked. The manager of Basque was not happy. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Virup, with 63 percent of the ball.

Basque's top performer was clearly P. Ortiz el Viejo. However, F. Thisted made a disastrous appearance. Virup's best player was P. Van Holm. K. Søndergaard turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 0.