Bruco 0 - 2 Pinda (381783460)

The 29670 fans in attendance at Diego Armando Maradona were roasting in the hot sun. Abbas Samirov was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Vedran Gulan and Brian Magleby. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Bruco. The following players had been chosen: Nowak - Garófalo, Rugienius, Næs - Bagi, Brelivet, Sunesson, Pihlajaniemi, Hembrechts - Berenguel, Battiato.

Pinda had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Yu - Oca, Katunarić, Pelozo - Tudor, Sasson, Boronat, Cavanna, Cornellà - Lynch, Lakić.

Bruco clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. The guests almost went up by a goal after 16 minutes when R. Lynch came through and shot from the right. The ball bounced harmlessly off the post, though. After 17 minutes, Pinda put themselves up 0 - 1, as J. Lakić finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. Pinda's R. Cavanna was shown a yellow card after 36 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 37 minutes into the game, M. Rugienius came close to levelling the score with a dangerous shot from the centre of the area that went just over the bar. After 40 minutes, J. Berenguel got through on the right and was very close to equalising for the home side, but didn't get the shot away. It was 0 - 1 at the break. Bruco enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

Pinda's T. Katunarić lived up to his reputation for finding unexpected ways to get the ball in the net when he sent a nifty little pass over to J. Lakić who finished for 0 - 2 with 81 minutes of the match played. E. Garófalo neatly controlled the ball after a short corner, and knocked it on to D. Brelivet who had the whole net open before him, but only managed to hit the post. Pinda's T. Katunarić made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 84 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Bruco, with 53 percent of the ball.

J. Berenguel performed admirably for Bruco. On the other hand, V. Bagi's play was disheartening. The most dominating Pinda player was without a doubt R. Lynch. However, J. Lakić made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 2.