United 0 - 8 Kíovan (380297782)

33712 punters turned up at Soramonttu Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Juan Luis Morenas was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gillian Decoster and Bertram Szkop. United decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. They fielded: Holmbäck - Maisalmi, Hyytiä, Liimatta, Svirida - Vuolle, Myyryläinen, Kumara, Aaltio - Kuusisalo, Råman.

Kíovan had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. Starters: Niilola - Požega, Mejuto, Marcaccio, Marshall, Łużyński - Ruusila, Castryck, Kakkonen, Torheim - Loustau.

Kíovan saw most attack opportunities on the wings. After 24 minutes, Kíovan's N. Požega made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. After 34 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for Y. Castryck who increased Kíovan's lead to 0 - 2. The players of Kíovan now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Players in Kíovan heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. G. Łużyński could have put his team up another goal 41 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post. The visitors' Y. Castryck took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 42 minutes into the match. 0 - 3 for Kíovan. With 43 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed G. Łużyński of Kíovan to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 4. 0 - 4 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Kíovan, who controlled the ball 88 percent of the time.

With 60 minutes played, Kíovan put themselves up 0 - 5 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was Y. Castryck. That made three goals for Y. Castryck and he was marked down for the hat trick. It was obvious that Kíovan had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. W. Marshall of Kíovan took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 74 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 6. Some fine movement on the left led to a Kíovan goal after 80 minutes, making it 0 - 7. G. Łużyński was noted down as the scorer. Kíovan's Y. Castryck was shown a yellow card after 81 minutes for slicing down an opponent. After 84 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed O. Kakkonen to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 8. The home crowd cheered when, after 87 minutes, Y. Castryck's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Kíovan, with 92 percent of the ball.

Most important United player was A. Kuusisalo. On the other hand, A. Holmbäck's play was disheartening. Kíovan's best player was W. Marshall. P. Marcaccio turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 8.