Kampuchea 0 - 1 Uruguay (376979785)

The 94559 spectators at sofieclub were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Vital Heri was the appointed referee. Prateh Kampuchea tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Him - Huy, Chak, Sivorn - Choeun, Vong, Rita, Daro, Te - Vichea, Teng.

Uruguay started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Silveira - González, Kliche, Burátaran - Invernizzi, Reboledo, McFly, Shaw, Du Pré - Gardel, Estramín.

Prateh Kampuchea's S. Teng tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. Prateh Kampuchea had a magnificent opportunity after 14 minutes as S. Daro hit the ball hard from the edge of the penalty box. However, the shot went wide. 35 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Prateh Kampuchea to take the lead after a good cross from the right found V. Vichea alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. R. Estramín stunned the crowd with a brilliant counterattack from the left, giving Uruguay the goal to make it 0 - 1. Some fine passing in the middle of the pitch, carving open the away defence, should have led to a goal for Prateh Kampuchea, but V. Vichea's shot went over the bar. Uruguay's R. Du Pré got himself booked for a foul. S. Lorn was called on to replace Prateh Kampuchea's R. Choeun after 42 minutes following a nasty collision. It was 0 - 1 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Prateh Kampuchea, with 52 percent of the ball.

Prateh Kampuchea's V. Vichea had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 56 minutes having been played. B. Keo was the replacement. The intense heat forced D. Burátaran into making some errors because he couldn't seem to keep up with the others. With 65 minutes played, the Prateh Kampuchea coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. A. Trinh came on, M. Chak had to leave the fray. Prateh Kampuchea tried to even things up by sending a long ball towards the centrally placed strikers, but the visitors' defence got the best of this rather direct style of play. A. Gardel came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over C. Him but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. Uruguay's R. Du Pré had seen it all before, so he waited patiently for the right opportunity. He would get no better chance than the one he took, but his shot was deftly blocked by the keeper. 78 minutes into the game, V. Vong came close to levelling the score with a dangerous shot from the centre of the area that went just over the bar. Possession in this half belonged to Prateh Kampuchea, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

Prateh Kampuchea's top performer was clearly V. Vong. A. Trinh was a disappointment, however. R. Estramín performed admirably for Uruguay. However, D. Burátaran made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 1.