Louth 0 - 9 Tato (380411269)

7000 spectators arrived at Louth Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Roberto Gurrea was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jenne Van Ackerbroeck and Lasse Niinioja. Louth decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players took the field: Taaffe - O'Healihy, Cahill, O'Healy, Curran - O'Grady, Ainger, McGovern, Scully - Lee, Dolan.

Tato had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Wäger - 智陽 (Zhiyang), O'Kelly, Días de Arcaya - Richard, Gallivan, Lynch, Solano, Ramić - Corte-Real, Caridade.

A mistake by the home side's central defence after 10 minutes allowed M. Corte-Real to score for Tato. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1. C. Gallivan increased Tato's lead to 0 - 2 with a superb free kick strike that flew in just under the far top corner. After this, you could see that the players of Tato were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. Tato increased their lead after 22 minutes when M. Solano broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 3, much to the home crowd's dismay. A. Caridade increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 4. The visitors' M. Corte-Real took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 33 minutes into the match. 0 - 5 for Tato. 0 - 5 was the halftime score. Tato claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 84 percent.

52 minutes into the game, Tato worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. 71 minutes in, Louth's T. Dolan received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Unfortunately for Tato, A. Caridade was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. D. Kelly replaced him. G. Wäger became the new Tato captain. 76 minutes into the game a free kick by C. Gallivan found its way through the home side's poorly assembled defensive formation, making Tato's lead 0 - 6. An indecisive keeper looked on as a free kick by Tato's C. Gallivan put the visitors up 0 - 7 after 79 minutes. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for C. Gallivan. After 82 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for E. O'Kelly who increased Tato's lead to 0 - 8. Louth's P. O'Healy was shown a yellow card after 83 minutes for slicing down an opponent. P. Ramić of Tato was able to make an impressive rush past the sluggish D. O'Healihy, which resulted in a goal making the score 0 - 9. Louth's F. Cahill got himself booked for a foul. There was concern in the stands when, at the 87 minute mark, Louth's P. Ainger hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. The Tato players could smell victory in the air. E. O'Kelly wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for F. Schlossnickel after 88 minutes. G. Richard fired a shot from distance after 88 minutes, but the long shot couldn't find the net for Tato. The coach of Tato was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 89 minutes, L. Miura came on for P. Días de Arcaya. Tato had most of the ball, with 89 percent of possession.

Most important Louth player was F. Curran. N. Taaffe on the other hand, had a terrible day. Tato's best player was M. Corte-Real. On the other hand, L. Miura's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 9.