21960 spectators had come to Arena Giulesti this cloudy day. Till Julius Wellerswist was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Erich Troger and Samuel Kilpatrick. A.F.C. started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. Lineup: Zihlmann - Suchanek, Lamalle, Rosales - Kustudić, Lipiäinen, Cailliau, Buffard - Pennoni, Francesi, Hesse.

Universitatea decided to use a 5-4-1 set up. The following players took the field: Nappi - Kußberger, Adinolfi, Ugrinoski, Edison, Mahjoubi - Videla, Vihavainen, Nievas, García de Segovia - Dryla.

A.F.C. clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. 24 minutes into the game, A. Rosales had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came P. Talarn. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to G. Francesi, but the A.F.C. player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! 31 minutes in, A.F.C.'s L. Pennoni received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. One of many good crosses from R. Buffard on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by L. Pennoni, who scored for A.F.C.. 2 - 0 A.F.C.'s G. Francesi got himself booked for a foul. Halftime score was 2 - 0. Universitatea claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave A. Nievas from Universitatea a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 55 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Universitatea's defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 77 minutes gone, but L. Videla's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper. With 80 minutes played, the Universitatea coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. F. Švrlanský came on, G. Kußberger had to leave the fray. Universitatea needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 86 minutes S. Vihavainen made way for I. Iborra. 87 minutes into the game, Universitatea's attack got through on the right, but M. Dryla couldn't handle the ball and his feeble kick wound up in the keeper's arms. The bench was restless, and with 89 minutes passed Universitatea's coach gave B. Kvarantan the opportunity the player had been hoping for. P. Nappi reluctantly left the field. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Universitatea, with 53 percent of the ball.

The most dominating A.F.C. player was without a doubt G. Lamalle. However, E. Cailliau made a disastrous appearance. Universitatea's top performer was clearly G. Adinolfi. B. Kvarantan on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 0.