RVA 8 - 0 Dynamo (345539263)

Clear skies welcomed the 49856 spectators who had made their way to Bruce. Eugenio Ferrara was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alain Garçon and Fergus Bosman. RVA tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: Day - Casper, Connell - Shepherd, Sands, Coronado, Hummel, Dotson - Kurtz, Oneill, Molinero.

A 5-2-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Dynamo. Lineup: 舜锋 (Shunfeng) - Isom, Webber, Durant, Lindley, Gee - Bacelar, Pena - Miranda, Kasatonov, Park.

RVA were clearly looking ahead to the next match rather than focusing on the one at hand. Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Dynamo. RVA took the lead 7 minutes into the game by 1 - 0, as G. Oneill elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. After 22 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and J. Sands gave the RVA supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 2 - 0. 26 minutes in, Dynamo's M. Gee received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. RVA's W. Coronado 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 28 minutes. After 30 minutes, P. Connell put RVA ahead 4 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, G. Dotson got himself booked. The manager of RVA was not happy. 4 - 0 was the halftime score. RVA had most of the ball, with 89 percent of possession.

A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in RVA's B. Kurtz increasing the lead to 5 - 0. After this, you could see that the players of RVA were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. With 55 minutes played, the Dynamo coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. J. Lanuza came on, K. Kasatonov had to leave the fray. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Dynamo's A. Park was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 60 minutes. J. Alba Tercedor was given a chance to change things around. RVA put themselves up 6 - 0 when E. Casper broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. With 67 minutes played, the excellent ball from the wing by RVA's V. Shepherd reached B. Kurtz's head, and he is not one to miss such an opportunity - 7 - 0. Dynamo almost scored after a swift counterattack 76 minutes into the game, but J. Alba Tercedor put the shot from the left flank just outside the goal. The RVA free kick 79 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of B. Kurtz, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 8 - 0! That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for B. Kurtz. Possession in this half belonged to RVA, who controlled the ball 91 percent of the time.

Most important RVA player was W. Coronado. On the other hand, G. Dotson's play was disheartening. Dynamo's top performer was clearly 伊. 舜锋 (Shunfeng). J. Lanuza on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 8 - 0.