Gausón 1 - 0 United (374450054)

48324 punters turned up at Astur Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Nikolay Butylkin was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Cesare Zurbuchen and Jacques-André Ritter. A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Gausón. The following players took the field: De Aragón - Ersöz, Phillips, MacBarra, Shirley, Frame - Sá, Sheard, Federmann, Satter - Abu-Saleh.

United decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Paixão - March, Julve, Foster - Sanromà, Oliván, Svejstrup, Brown, Biddle - Fernández, Shibin.

For their match strategy, Gausón had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. The wings were the focus of most of United's attacks today. L. De Aragón looked great 39 minutes into the match after stopping a shot from the middle of the penalty area from the visitors' B. Shibin. After 41 minutes United's B. Shibin had to be carried off on a stretcher in agony. J. Janković came in to replace him. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Gausón, with 55 percent of the ball.

Gausón took the lead, 1 - 0, after a penalty 58 minutes into the match. A. Ersöz scored from the penalty spot. After 65 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by A. Sá might have resulted in another goal for Gausón. However, Z. Paixão made a spectacular save. Gausón will have to do without A. Ersöz for a time, due to a bad foot injury at the 79 minute mark. He was substituted by J. Rigby. G. Biddle made a run for the goal 81 minutes into the game but the home team's left back managed to sort the situation out in the end. 83 minutes into the match, J. Rigby could have extended the lead, but his powerful free kick went just over the bar. Gausón had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

M. Shirley performed admirably for Gausón. On the other hand, L. De Aragón's play was disheartening. United's best player was A. March. However, Z. Paixão made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 0.