Dinamo 4 - 4 Bowie (373732420)

Clear skies welcomed the 35849 spectators who had made their way to Hell's Gate. Christophe Ruckstuhl was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sipke van den Bergh and Kolbjörn Leonsson. People from all over Andorra la Vella had joined up for the derby. Dinamo had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. The following players took the field: Pierattelli - Purmalis, Fasoli, Leyh, Turbureanu, Preihs - Elies, Serrat, van Domburg, Özal - Dewin.

Bowie started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Juncà - Läfvenström, Säntti, Fuery - Chavarro, Aras, Dybdal, Giannantonio, Rubenis - Antelo, Cardos.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Dinamo. Bowie were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. Bowie's G. Rubenis could have put the guests one up after 15 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but M. Pierattelli was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 24 minutes into the match left Bowie's L. Chavarro completely free to score. 0 - 1 for the visitors. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Dinamo's J. Purmalis was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 24 minutes. G. Ortjohann was given a chance to change things around. After 33 minutes, Bowie's G. Rubenis burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 2. After 33 minutes, the Bowie players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game. After 34 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed K. Läfvenström to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 3. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Bowie lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 3. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Bowie, with 51 percent of the ball.

Dinamo's M. Leyh got the home crowd going when he finished off a left wing charge, reducing the away team's lead to 1 - 3. The bench was restless, and with 75 minutes passed Dinamo's coach gave F. Rychetský the opportunity the player had been hoping for. B. Özal reluctantly left the field. Bowie had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. 75 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 1 - 4 as R. Cardos finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. After 78 minutes, the defensive line of Dinamo created a counterattack through the middle that gave R. Dewin a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. The home crowd was given a certain amount of consolation when J. Elies scored after a brilliant midfield combination through the centre, reducing the lead to 2 - 4. The referee showed Bowie's J. Fuery the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Dinamo played a good counterattacking move down the left 87 minutes into the match, with M. Leyh finishing well for 3 - 4. After 88 minutes of play, R. Dewin equalised for Dinamo after an elegant attack from the right. 88 minutes into the game, Dinamo seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to inadequate. Bowie enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.

Most important Dinamo player was R. Dewin. However, M. Pierattelli made a disastrous appearance. G. Rubenis performed admirably for Bowie. E. Juncà was a disappointment, however. The match ends 4 - 4.