Always 0 - 8 Wl (379263786)

A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 1829 to Forever UTA. Pier Giorgio Roccatagliata was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Carl Carlsson and Gerbert Harmsen. Always tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. They fielded: Cutuş - Arsenie, Ciaca - Dărăbanţ, Savigny, Zhapparov, Honkamäki, Oană - Jensch, Dambrosio, Thanapaiboon.

Wl had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. The following players had been chosen: Verbauwhede - Vasnier, Juhár, Samer, Magalhães - Nemcsik, Blanco, Ankum, Szalacsi, Nava - Lezama.

Wl saw most attack opportunities on the wings. A. Blanco sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from C. Vasnier after 11 minutes of play, making the score 0 - 1. Attacking on the wings was the choice for Wl, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. With the scoreboard showing that 23 minutes had been played, Wl nearly put themselves up another goal after M. Magalhães came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. After 24 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed G. Szalacsi to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 2. Wl increased their lead after 27 minutes when M. Magalhães broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 3, much to the home crowd's dismay. After 32 minutes, Y. Honkamäki had a good opportunity to reduce the scoreline for Always with a chance created through the middle, but wasn't cool enough. The ball went miles over the bar. The referee showed Always's D. Thanapaiboon the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. It was obvious that Wl had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. 35 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 4 as J. Lezama finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from J. Lezama after 37 minutes, and prevented Wl from going up another goal. 0 - 4 was the score after the first half. Wl claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

It was a hot and sunny day, and several players seemed worn out. Maybe this was why S. Arsenie found an unusual amount of space for his snappy footwork. After 62 minutes Wl's A. Nava limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. Players in Wl heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. Some fine movement on the left led to a Wl goal after 77 minutes, making it 0 - 5. A. Blanco was noted down as the scorer. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Wl lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. With 79 minutes played, Wl put themselves up 0 - 6 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was M. Nemcsik. A drive down the left side allowed G. Juhár to get in close and score another goal for Wl after 82 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 7. Always's S. Dambrosio was shown a yellow card after 83 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Wl's O. Ankum went down after a savage challenge, but could continue playing after some medical attention. The home crowd was not impressed when M. Magalhães came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 85 minutes. Wl were now up 0 - 8. Wl had most of the ball, with 60 percent of possession.

Most important Always player was B. Jensch. On the other hand, S. Arsenie's play was disheartening. The most dominating Wl player was without a doubt J. Lezama. G. Szalacsi on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 8.