Deportivo 10 - 0 BlOOd (380782007)

47204 spectators arrived at Coloseum, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Jes Sand Pedersen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Claas Gantioler and Marc Vasseur. Deportivo decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. Lineup: Lorenzini - Escorna, Atanasov - Fiałek, Baltag, Favilla, Puică, Ludu - Bantorf, Băleanu, Dună.

BlOOd started off with a 1-4-3 lineup. The following players took the field: Żmuda - Carreirão - Galinsoga, Peralta, Luján, Norderney - Dias Coelho, Campendonk, Jenicke.

Going for long shots seemed to be the strategy in use by BlOOd. After 10 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as BlOOd found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to inadequate. Deportivo took the lead 13 minutes in, as M. Bantorf broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. M. Puică increased the lead for Deportivo to 2 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! After 29 minutes, M. Bantorf put Deportivo ahead 3 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. After this, you could see that the players of Deportivo were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Deportivo's E. Fiałek increasing the lead to 4 - 0. With 36 minutes played, Deportivo put themselves up 5 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to M. Bantorf, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. At that, M. Bantorf was noted down for a hat trick! 5 - 0 was the score after the first half. Deportivo enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 92 percent of possession.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that BlOOd had solid organisation. I. Dună could have put Deportivo up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 51 minutes. A. Atanasov wanted to play on, but the Deportivo coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 55 minutes into the game by D. Ababei. 55 minutes in, BlOOd appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only poor. A. Baltag left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 60 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. I. Opriţescu was the replacement. Almost all the way down to the corner flag, Deportivo's A. Ludu somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for I. Băleanu, who struck for 6 - 0. Cheers filled the stadium as I. Dună broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 7 - 0 to Deportivo. Deportivo put themselves up 8 - 0 when M. Bantorf broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. Deportivo solidified their lead at the 86 minute mark, as I. Băleanu dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 9 - 0. Deportivo's I. Băleanu increased the lead to 10 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 88 minutes. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for I. Băleanu. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Deportivo, with 96 percent of the ball.

Most important Deportivo player was I. Băleanu. On the other hand, A. Lorenzini's play was disheartening. BlOOd's top performer was clearly C. Jenicke. L. Carreirão was a disappointment, however. The match ends 10 - 0.