Basel are finding themselves knocking on the door of  the UEFA Cup group stages after a well deserved 2:1 win over Bosnian champions Sarajevo. The Red-Blues have entered the match without underestimating their opponent, making their attentions clear after only ten minutes of action, when they've taken the lead through Chipperfield, while captain Ergic made it two midway through the second half. The home side, who were the second best team on the field during the entire match and probably should've lost with a higher margin, have only managed to score a consolation goal through Milosevic in the third minute of stoppage time.

The home side have started the match in a balanced 4-4-2 formation, but it is hard to tell what their game plan was as the visitors were dictating the tempo during the entire match and made them defend in numbers. On the other side, the visitors have started the match in their usual formation with Streller as a lone forward, and have never looked like showing mercy to the visitors, with the entire midfield looking extremely sharp and leading to Basel creating numerous scoring chances throughout the match. Recent signing Degen had his debut , entering off the bench in the second half.

After a period of early pressure, Basel have taken the deserved lead in the 11th minute - Streller played a back pass to Carlitos, who made no mistake with his mid ranged drive. Despite the early lead, the game was all Basel, and Carlitos, Caceido, Streller and Huggel have all went close to extending the visitors' lead before the half time break, but captain Ergic made no mistake in the 65th minute, when he scored his team's second goal of the match with a thunderous drive. The home side had to start making more risks, and Costanzo had to push the ball away twice before conceding late on, as Milosevic was left all alone on the far post in the stoppage time and had no problems scoring a consolation goal for his team.

Theoretically, the late goal did give the Bosnians some hope of qualifying, but what has been seen on the field doesn't give the much hope, as Basel seem to be by far the better side of the two and should hardly have any problems qualifying for the group stage.