Føroyar 3 - 4 Israel (376979502)

135378 spectators arrived at Tórsvøllur, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Fabio Aondio was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alexandru-Cristian Costache and Åge Aamodt. Føroyar tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. The following players took the field: Rámark - Godtfred, Frýdal - Vágfjall, í Búðini, á Borg, Josipović, Tyril - Vesturbú, Christiansen, á Lakjuni.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Israel. Lineup: Refuah - Simpson, Brown, Dekel - Eliav, Hadas, Argov, Engel, Dotan - Lifshitz, Altman.

Føroyar clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. Israel saw most attack opportunities on the wings. It was obvious that Israel had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Israel's R. Altman after 25 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. Føroyar's T. Frýdal was shown a yellow card after 30 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Føroyar's N. Vesturbú put his head to a well placed ball, lifted in from the left, and scored to make the score 1 - 1 with 35 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock. Føroyar were very close to putting themselves one up after 37 minutes as G. á Lakjuni got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. 38 minutes into the game, R. Altman was a hair's breadth away from giving Israel the lead with a shot from over on the left. A prompt block by H. Rámark saved the home team that time. The home side put themselves ahead 2 - 1 after 39 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from T. í Búðini, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. It was 2 - 1 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Føroyar, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

The crowd was silenced 48 minutes into the match as the visiting team's S. Brown came in from the left, levelling the score to 2 - 2. The visiting R. Altman was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 59 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 2 - 3 was the score. With the scoreboard clock showing 86 minutes, the inexperienced Israel team fell into disarray. With a shot curled in from just outside the middle of the penalty area after 87 minutes played, N. Vesturbú of Føroyar made the score 3 - 3. Israel's C. Simpson gave the visitors a 3 - 4 lead after 89 minutes with a superb strike from the right. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Føroyar, with 54 percent of the ball.

Føroyar's best player was G. á Lakjuni. On the other hand, T. Frýdal's play was disheartening. Israel's top performer was clearly M. Lifshitz. However, R. Dotan made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 4.