70 punters turned up at Stadion Dunav, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Guga Bade was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Kamil Potoniec and Danni Dideriksen. DunavRuse had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Callaway - Delov, Mitrev, Harmandzhiev, Froloshki - Marin, Gogov, Kirichev, Zahariev - Tzenov, Toshev.

Grilled tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Bao-Tam - Alcántara, Tuan-Mu, Liehner - van Liere, Borup, Abd Hamid, Jie Siong, Olaru - Hjortlind, Hobson.

Pressing was the tactic of the day for DunavRuse. Jason Callaway looked great 6 minutes into the match after stopping a shot by the visitors' Marcus Liehner. The visitors were very close to gaining the lead with a wondrous free kick after 13 minutes, but Jason Callaway made a beautiful one-handed save. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, DunavRuse's Angel Froloshki got himself booked. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 29 minutes allowed Dragos Olaru to score the 0 - 1 goal for Grilled. After 36 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for Ulf Hjortlind who increased Grilled's lead to 0 - 2. Just a few inches to the right, and the visitors could have had a goal 43 minutes into the match. Tim Hobson" alt="Tim Hobson">Tim Hobson surely wishes he could do that free kick over again. 0 - 2 was the halftime score. Grilled claimed to be the more dominant force in the game, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 84 percent.

Luis Alcántara came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle, but he lifted the ball over Jason Callaway and it was a little too high and hit the bar. The visitors nearly scored again after 69 minutes, but a superb save by Jason Callaway kept Tim Hobson" alt="Tim Hobson">Tim Hobson's free kick out of the net. The home crowd was not impressed when Terkel Borup came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 82 minutes. Grilled were now up 0 - 3. The structure of the game started to change as Grilled decided to pull back and meet their opponents in their own half. With 84 minutes played, Grilled put themselves up 0 - 4 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was Terkel Borup. With 88 minutes played, Grilled put themselves up 0 - 5 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was Luis Alcántara. The forty-five minutes were dominated by Grilled, with an impressive 87 percent possession of the ball.

DunavRuse's top performer was clearly Dimitar Toshev. Angel Froloshki on the other hand, had a terrible day. Grilled's best player was Hidde van Liere. Tim Hobson" alt="Tim Hobson">Tim Hobson turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 5.