Malkmus 2 - 1 United (375603834)

Dark skies made the crowd of 58970 at Shady Lane a little nervous, but the rain held off. Santiago Enguita was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Thierry Tännler and Lenny Schram. A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Malkmus. The following players had been chosen: Hewitt - Tähkänen, Ryehauge, Detmer - Nilsen, Wedel, Cassiano, Kashin - Ríos, Mögerle, Danilin.

United decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Suchowski - Feuchtgruber, Narváez Barba, Leroy - Hoiningen, Claire, Mena, Vaikma, Finke - Gerads, Strölin.

After 33 minutes of play, F. Wedel gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. The referee showed Malkmus's S. Ryehauge the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Malkmus solidified their lead at the 36 minute mark, as J. Cassiano dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 2 - 0. 37 minutes in, H. Feuchtgruber made an incredible run up the middle and nearly reduced the home side's lead, but F. Hewitt refused to let the ball slip by him. 2 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Malkmus, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.

The home team's fans were upset when, after 62 minutes, the visiting B. Leroy broke through the central defence and kicked the ball past the keeper. 2 - 1 was the score. 63 minutes in, Malkmus's F. Wedel received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The Malkmus players could smell victory in the air. T. Mögerle wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for J. Uylenbroek after 65 minutes. A scuffle developed as players from both sides clashed following a tussle in the centre of the field 65 minutes into the match. After regaining order and consulting his linesman, the referee called Malkmus's I. Detmer to one side and produced a red card for the player. A great save by keeper R. Suchowski after 73 minutes kept the visitors in the game after R. Danilin struck from the left with a real cannonball. V. Strölin of United received a yellow card after 81 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Malkmus had most of the ball, with 61 percent of possession.

The most dominating Malkmus player was without a doubt J. Cassiano. However, J. Uylenbroek made a disastrous appearance. United's best player was S. Claire. W. Hoiningen on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 1.