Pulitři 3 - 1 Man. (365830375)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 38786 to Kóma Arena. Werner Rainer was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Franciszek Wielgocki and Zhu Hock Wei. Pulitři started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Rambaud - Sulajoki, Vrhovšek, Klien - Westertorp, Karama, Busonero, Sunyovszky, Monis Beltrán - Omasta, Murer.

Man. tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. They fielded: Krasnopolskiy - Nilsson, Carabott, Çıtel - Kežis, Topinka, Voříšek, Brabandt - Corominas, Moreno, Walker.

Man.'s H. Brabandt was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - R. Moreno managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 0 - 1 after 4 minutes. 18 minutes into the match, Pulitři's D. Omasta maneuvered his way around the opposition on the left flank, delighting the crowd with his twists and turns. The effort paid off as the ball found the back of the net, evening the score at 1 - 1. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Pulitři, with 63 percent of the ball.

V. Karama of Pulitři seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 2 - 1 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by A. Vrhovšek. Pulitři increased the lead as T. Sulajoki struck to make the score 3 - 1 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Pulitři lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. R. Moreno nearly reduced the lead 69 minutes into the game, but a splendid one-handed save by S. Rambaud prevented the attempt coming in from the right flank from hitting the back of the net. Possession in this half belonged to Pulitři, who controlled the ball 63 percent of the time.

D. Omasta performed admirably for Pulitři. C. Murer turned in a dismal performance, however. Man.'s best player was R. Moreno. T. Walker was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 1.