Stars 3 - 0 pronewcastle (380663724)

42340 punters turned up at Paul Augustine, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Jorge Maria Miguel was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Palle Zarp and Luis Cisneros. Stars decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. They fielded: Nešić - Knutsson, Deurloo, Bacchini, Trung Tiệm - Devault, Arnould, Iglesia, Bogdan - Mihaylov, Gabriëls.

pronewcastle tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. The following players took the field: Leppik - Hồng, Nhân, Boarcăş, Bình, Đức Tuấn - Antunes, Drabiniak, Berg, Neuman - Helpup.

J. Gabriëls's tried to storm through the defence after 19 minutes, but L. Nhân was just too fast to shake off and the rest of the defence got back to cover. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to J. Iglesia, but the Stars player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! G. Boarcăş of pronewcastle received a yellow card after 43 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Stars, with 56 percent of the ball.

S. Arnould wanted to play on, but the Stars coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 65 minutes into the game by S. Muma. Stars managed to extend their lead to 2 - 0 when J. Iglesia cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. The coach of Stars was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 78 minutes, M. Blanco came on for R. Mihaylov. In an effort to secure the lead, Stars changed their tactic after 78 minutes. By now, the players in Stars felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. D. Deurloo of Stars seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 3 - 0 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by C. Bacchini. After 81 minutes, pronewcastle were awarded a free kick as their counter attack broke down. The set piece was lifted over the top, intended to open up the defence. However, the target man seemed to be taken by surprise, and could not reach the ball before it crossed the line for a goal kick. With the clock showing 88 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of pronewcastle resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by N. Đức Tuấn in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. Stars had most of the ball, with 62 percent of possession.

Stars's best player was S. Muma. M. Blanco turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating pronewcastle player was without a doubt N. Bình. R. Antunes on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 0.