Tbilisi 5 - 0 Taised (172036176)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 1827 had shown up at Dinamo for the match. Diego Olmedo Ayuso was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Krescht Elsen and Eduard Voirol. Tbilisi decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Fourez - Gómez, Toppel, Ferreira, Kallas - Yagorashvili, Segura, Tskitishvili, Ventimilla - Canberk, Moniz.

Taised tactics involved an interesting 5-3-2 combination. They fielded: Jabrane - Knaga, Genov, Urtubia, Rákos, Barzotto - Kreuch, Burghofer, Bakula - Keur, Barzotto.

Taised's counterattacks created a good chance for A. Urtubia on the right after 7 minutes, but he could only look on with dismay as his strike rebounded off the crossbar. Tbilisi fans held their breath as C. Moniz scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! Coming from the right, N. Tskitishvili almost managed to score another goal for Tbilisi, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. Taised's G. Barzotto left the field after 24 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was M. Pantanella. The Taised captaincy was handed to L. Barzotto. It was 1 - 0 at the break. Tbilisi had most of the ball, with 62 percent of possession.

The referee showed Taised's M. Pantanella the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. With 67 minutes played, Tbilisi put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to A. Kallas, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Tbilisi's D. Ferreira increased the lead to 3 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 69 minutes. Tbilisi increased the lead as I. Segura struck to make the score 4 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. Z. Yagorashvili's speed was clear to see after 75 minutes, as he darted down the wing and released C. Moniz who placed the ball into the back of the net to make the score 5 - 0. Confident in their lead, Tbilisi's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Tbilisi claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 65 percent.

C. Ventimilla performed admirably for Tbilisi. However, N. Tskitishvili made a disastrous appearance. Taised's top performer was clearly A. Urtubia. J. Keur was a disappointment, however. The match ends 5 - 0.