Xanthic 8 - 0 Tao-yuan (364963789)

Clear skies welcomed the 12000 spectators who had made their way to Taipei Dome. Oriol Saletas was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Falko Bodelschwingh and Pablo Javier Vojvoda. Xanthic tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Važić - Moustakalis, Bukkems, Haud - Haba, 爾江 (Erjiang), Carotti, 世凡 (Shifan), Kaprolat - Szadurski, 效寶 (Xiaobao).

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Tao-yuan. The following players had been chosen: Ming-yuan - Se-hong, Quon, Jung-Ho, Thien-Minh - Teik-How, Hee-Beom, Hong-gil, Qui-Li - Keng-Beng, Thanh-Thanh.

Xanthic were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. Xanthic took the lead after 3 minutes as a result of G. Bukkems's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. Xanthic solidified their lead at the 7 minute mark, as D. Szadurski dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 2 - 0. By now, the players in Xanthic felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. After 25 minutes, 薛. 效寶 (Xiaobao) put Xanthic ahead 3 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. 謝. 爾江 (Erjiang) fired a shot from distance after 36 minutes, but the long shot couldn't find the net for Xanthic. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave D. Haba from Xanthic a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 37 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Tao-yuan's W. Jung-Ho was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 38 minutes. After 39 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and 薛. 效寶 (Xiaobao) gave the Xanthic supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 4 - 0. The teams went for the halftime break at 4 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Xanthic, with 73 percent of the ball.

With 46 minutes played, Xanthic put themselves up 5 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to D. Haba, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Xanthic were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. Xanthic put themselves up 6 - 0 when 薛. 效寶 (Xiaobao) broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. By then 薛. 效寶 (Xiaobao) had scored three goals - a hat trick! Things were going to get worse for the visitors. 梅. 世凡 (Shifan) squirmed through their central defence after 56 minutes, increasing the lead to 7 - 0. Players in Xanthic heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. Xanthic's R. Kaprolat increased the lead to 8 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 67 minutes. Xanthic enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 73 percent of possession.

Xanthic's top performer was clearly G. Bukkems. D. Važić turned in a dismal performance, however. Tao-yuan's best player was N. Thanh-Thanh. However, W. Jung-Ho made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 8 - 0.