Rotor 3 - 0 Paltadiakos (377839423)

Clouds darkened the skies at EDEN as 2951 spectators turned up for the match. Danys Štulcas was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Meng Wei Kiet and Hansjörg Brennwald. Rotor tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Loiola - Lestuzzi, Delić, Palombarini - Huppunen, Mehta, Huizen, Ljones, Camariñas - Ecker, Pais.

Paltadiakos decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Pipio - Mekelis, Plewiński, Tomé - Dimarelis, Tsouloufas, da Conceição, Mpardakis, Seremetiadis - Compania, Karapetros.

The guests almost went up by a goal after 9 minutes when N. Tsouloufas came through and shot from the right. The ball bounced harmlessly off the post, though. Down the middle came T. Karapetros, making a fantastic play that nearly had Paltadiakos take the lead after 12 minutes, but M. Loiola preserved the tie. Paltadiakos had no available replacements when W. Plewiński had to leave the game after 35 minutes because of a pulled tendon, leaving the team a man short. Halftime score was 0 - 0. Paltadiakos had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

Rotor's A. Mehta got himself booked for a foul. After 75 minutes, Rotor raised their score by one when I. Huppunen's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by G. Ecker. 1 - 0. With 78 minutes played, Rotor's G. Ecker almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. The visitors' equaliser seemed sure to come after 80 minutes, following a one on one situation around the left hand side of the goal area, but M. Loiola got the best of it, blocking the shot from T. Karapetros. X. Camariñas really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal following a great play by I. Huppunen after a corner. 83 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as G. Ecker broke through, making the score 2 - 0 for Rotor. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 84 minutes, Rotor did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, A. Delić was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 3 - 0. X. Camariñas had a fantastic opportunity to put Rotor up another goal 86 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. Possession in this half belonged to Rotor, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

Rotor's best player was G. Ecker. However, C. Huizen made a disastrous appearance. J. da Conceição performed admirably for Paltadiakos. T. Karapetros turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 0.