Deportivo 0 - 4 America (393060837)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 52850 had shown up at EL INFIERNO for the match. Salvatore Dall'Acqua was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Roman Jenner and Aad Seuskens. Deportivo tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Cin - Livoti, Cabanellas, Guerra - Vilallonga, Adamovicz, Stutz, González, Powalski - Limbeck, Sáenz.

America had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. Lineup: Klement - Căruntu, Rommerskirchen, Windiks, Schoch - Carmona, Kernevičius, Schrei, Grigore, Yoder - Nanclares.

Deportivo clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. 8 minutes into the game, D. Kernevičius almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. Deportivo were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. 33 minutes in, America's P. Yoder received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Due to a severely mistimed tackle, A. Cabanellas of Deportivo spent some time on the grass writhing in agony before he could get up and continue the game. America's J. Carmona managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 40 minutes. 0 - 1. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. America claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

The visitors' H. Schrei took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 66 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for America. At this point, it was obvious that the players of America lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. America's J. Carmona was shown a yellow card after 76 minutes for slicing down an opponent. America's N. Nanclares made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 78 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. D. Kernevičius of America took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 79 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 3. Given a free kick close to the byline, America tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let P. Yoder slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 0 - 4, 80 minutes into the game. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by America, with 55 percent of the ball.

Deportivo's best player was E. Limbeck. On the other hand, N. Cin's play was disheartening. N. Nanclares performed admirably for America. However, M. Windiks made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 4.