wiborg 2 - 0 Pigerne (358473832)

Due to an all-day shower, 28091 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at HFK Arena. Jacob Spot was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Johan Olsson and Daniel Maqueda. wiborg started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Nilsen - Hößle, Węgielski, Driesse - Avramović, Sullkani, Billund, Silva Cebrián, Agger - Özdeğer, Barbe.

Pigerne decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. They fielded: Raahauge - Ilari, Einstein, Cerro, Odgaard - Simonetti, Gamst, Bøgild, Denning Hansen - Grønhøj, Keramet.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for wiborg. Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Pigerne. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave M. Ilari from Pigerne a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 16 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! A loud groan was heard from the fans of wiborg, as C. Silva Cebrián left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. T. Yding took his place on the field. wiborg created a good opportunity to score 19 minutes into the match when T. Hößle's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. The referee showed Pigerne's C. Simonetti the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Good work by the Pigerne defensive line after 44 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found R. Grønhøj alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. With 44 minutes played S. Agger almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. wiborg had a good opportunity to take the lead as S. Özdeğer came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of U. Raahauge. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. wiborg claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

64 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a wiborg substitution. V. Clijsen came on for A. Driesse. wiborg's T. Yding got himself booked for a foul. T. Yding was uncomfortable with the soggy pitch as he couldn't move the ball around with his usual grace. Given a free kick close to the byline, wiborg tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let R. Billund slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 1 - 0, 69 minutes into the game. With 73 minutes played, wiborg put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to R. Billund, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. The coach of wiborg was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 85 minutes, F. Grisel came on for S. Özdeğer. Possession in this half belonged to wiborg, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

wiborg's top performer was clearly R. Billund. T. Yding was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Pigerne player was without a doubt R. Grønhøj. On the other hand, Å. Denning Hansen's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 0.