Devis 1 - 0 avventura (366148512)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Devis F.C. Arena saw a crowd turnout of 23199. Mats Heiz was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Bogdan Cârciumaru and Norman Iverson. Devis decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Formichi - Bello, Chira, Neukäufer, Polvani - Karremans, Gobbens, Beenkens, Graef - Fernández, Houdart.

avventura tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. They fielded: Laranja - Davidsen, Kaindl, Norén, Haugen - Dessì, Yılmaz, Angrillo, Dellevoet - Poeck, Dochev.

avventura saw most attack opportunities on the wings. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to E. Chira, but the Devis player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! After 37 minutes Devis's W. Beenkens contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. avventura had a magnificent opportunity after 41 minutes as A. Dochev hit the ball hard from the edge of the penalty box. However, the shot went wide. After 42 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by E. Chira might have resulted in another goal for Devis. However, A. Laranja made a spectacular save. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to Devis, who controlled the ball 64 percent of the time.

With 54 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of avventura resulted in a counterattack that set M. Poeck free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. 72 minutes into the game, M. Poeck had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came G. Gentile. avventura had a great opportunity to score following a counterattack after 76 minutes, but F. Angrillo's shot from the left sailed high over the bar. Devis claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 61 percent.

Devis's top performer was clearly G. Formichi. On the other hand, W. Neukäufer's play was disheartening. avventura's best player was V. Yılmaz. W. Dellevoet turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 0.