Gonfie 2 - 1 kittys (394212528)

Dark skies made the crowd of 1622 at Nel filo spinato a little nervous, but the rain held off. Valeriu Munteanu was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Eugen Ilie and David Prescott. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Gonfie. Lineup: Bańkowski - Babović, Raphael, Tiefenbach - Schleiss, Ancău, Kropornicki, Plate, Sazama - Sveen, Andersson.

kittys started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Štryncl - Moharrami, Kajander, Rigoni - Uskali, Nuutinen, Hänninen, Wahteristo, Voittomäki - Desllor, Dusserre.

Gonfie used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. The terraces were silenced after 10 minutes when kittys's I. Hänninen put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. Gonfie's C. Schleiss refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 13 minutes. kittys's Á. Desllor was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 34 minutes. kittys almost scored after a counterattack 36 minutes into the match, but J. Nuutinen took a shot from the left that landed harmlessly in the side of the net. It was 0 - 1 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to kittys, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

After 46 minutes, Gonfie switched O. Sazama with R. Slippens, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. kittys's Á. Desllor made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 50 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. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, Á. Desllor would have put kittys up another goal 78 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. 79 minutes into the game, R. Slippens came close to levelling the score with a dangerous shot from the centre of the area that went just over the bar. The head of K. Raphael connected with a corner kick after 82 minutes, and the ball ended up with J. Tiefenbach of Gonfie who blasted the ball into the net, making the score 1 - 1. Gonfie enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

With the scores being level after 90 minutes, the match went into extra time. 95 minutes into the match, a typically brave header by R. Slippens from C. Schleiss's cross looped just over the opposing goalkeeper's desperate reach. Goal for Gonfie, making the score 2 - 1. Extra time over, Gonfie were the victors! Gonfie's top performer was clearly T. Sveen. C. Schleiss turned in a dismal performance, however. J. Nuutinen performed admirably for kittys. However, O. Kajander made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 1.