Junior 2 - 1 manchester (381774224)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 23397 had shown up at Fossa dei Grifoni for the match. Henrik Erlandsen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Eddie Kulenkampff and Thomas Loubet. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Junior. Lineup: Mikoda - Friargiu, Smed, Ostozhiev - Berlee, Terrades, Pangua, Schapendonk, Bassewitz - Mairhofer, Bueno.

manchester decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. They fielded: Paquito - Kastanopoulos, Pezzarossa, Prioteasa, Meixner - Chiauzzi, Breiteneder, Rohden, Moret - Estanyol, Santos.

manchester's J. Rohden managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 18 minutes. 0 - 1. After a fatal mistake from the away team's right side defence 19 minutes into the match, an alert D. Mairhofer bagged the ball for Junior, levelling the score to 1 - 1. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, C. Bassewitz scored for Junior putting them ahead 2 - 1, after 25 minutes. 2 - 1 was the halftime score. Junior had most of the ball, with 57 percent of possession.

The coach of Junior was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 64 minutes, S. Antedime came on for D. Mairhofer. A great save by keeper J. Paquito after 77 minutes kept the visitors in the game after J. Smed struck from the left with a real cannonball. Junior claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.

V. Pangua performed admirably for Junior. However, J. Smed made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating manchester player was without a doubt J. Estanyol. J. Paquito was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 1.