AT-MADRID 4 - 0 EssonPerän (378391361)

3171 fans braved the pouring rain at Metropolitano stadium. Torsten Groop was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rolf Kölln and Zoran Jovanović. AT-MADRID had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Kocejić - Guerrouj, Gallardo, Saavedra Martín, Ergin - Molisso, Chasidis, Comãnescu, Merta - Castellarnau, Gunnarsson.

A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for EssonPerän. Starters: Güral - Nivala, Nikkonen, Vitikainen - Tuovinen, Toivakainen, Koivisto, Gullichsen - Hijdra, Sirkkilä, Tunçeri.

21 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for AT-MADRID was A. Castellarnau. Things were deteriorating for the away team as AT-MADRID scored another to make it 2 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for M. Comãnescu after 22 minutes. After this, you could see that the players of AT-MADRID were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. The boggy pitch disrupted the game, especially for technical players like A. Castellarnau. O. Sirkkilä nearly reduced the lead 33 minutes into the game, but a splendid one-handed save by M. Kocejić prevented the attempt coming in from the right flank from hitting the back of the net. After 34 minutes, AT-MADRID surprised their opponents with a breakaway counter attack. The defenders had to resort to a foul to stop it. The free kick that followed was a clever indirect effort that almost succeeded, but the defence read the situation well and the intended recipient was left ruing what might have been. After 37 minutes, A. Guerrouj put AT-MADRID ahead 3 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. 38 minutes in, EssonPerän's D. Hijdra received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. 3 - 0 was the score after the first half. Neither team were able to dominate possession this half.

The visitors got a chance to pulling one back after 76 minutes, due to a defensive blunder leaving R. Gullichsen completely unmarked. His strike was pathetic though, easy prey for the home side's keeper. AT-MADRID's counterattacks were lethal to the opposing defence, allowing M. Comãnescu to score easily from the right flank for 4 - 0. AT-MADRID's M. Gunnarsson was shown a yellow card after 80 minutes for slicing down an opponent. With 83 minutes played, A. Saavedra Martín of AT-MADRID fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. EssonPerän's D. Hijdra had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 85 minutes having been played. M. Vira was the replacement. K. Nikkonen was handed the EssonPerän captain's armband. Possession of the ball saw an equal split between the teams during the forty-five minutes.

AT-MADRID's best player was M. Comãnescu. M. Gunnarsson on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important EssonPerän player was J. Koivisto. J. Tuovinen turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 0.