AS 0 - 5 Clover (372950046)

69777 punters turned up at De Helledôme, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. He Yo Hsin was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Adam Anderson and Sven-Göran Lundhby. AS tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Kun - Gouveia Marques, Santambrogio, Grumelli - Baiano, Aichhorn, Wangermez, Monnens, Poczobut - Woodsend, Salmorejo.

Clover had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. Starters: Verstrepen - Weitering, Bouquin - Wallbrücke, Dyg Rossen, Sengier, Stenstedt, Epiney - Sala, Achahuanco, Camerlynck.

Many thought H. Woodsend ought to have been awarded a penalty 11 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around F. Verstrepen after a determined run through the middle. After a fine move down the middle J. Salmorejo nearly gave the home side a goal after 22 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. Clover's I. Sala managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 27 minutes. 0 - 1. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Clover had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

AS put pressure on the visitors' central defence 48 minutes into the game, but H. Woodsend couldn't find an opening. Clover's H. Dyg Rossen left the field after 63 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was D. Beck. After 70 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave V. Achahuanco a chance to increase the lead for Clover, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 2. After 71 minutes, Clover's V. Achahuanco burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 3. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, J. Camerlynck got himself booked. The manager of Clover was not happy. 80 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 4 as O. Wallbrücke finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. O. Wallbrücke increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 5. Confident in their lead, Clover's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Possession in this half belonged to Clover, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

The most dominating AS player was without a doubt J. Salmorejo. F. Grumelli was a disappointment, however. Most important Clover player was J. Camerlynck. However, N. Weitering made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 5.