D.D.F.C. 3 - 0 TK (382583533)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Дружба saw a crowd turnout of 48000. Mario Urso was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Wisis Ongetta and Jesús Arenas. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for D.D.F.C.. The following players had been chosen: Montemurro - Negro, Giménez, Djupström - Couvrat, Uggerholm, Filippucci, Foith, Colmant - Mikulčík, Zachowicz.

TK tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. Lineup: García Peñuela - Wisławski, Svilarski, Miño, Pötschke, Pindaré - Nuccio, Rowan, Gioi, Dzyuba - Muşat.

It was an obvious ambition of TK to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave G. Couvrat from D.D.F.C. a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 3 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! 19 minutes into the game, a swerving free kick by J. Djupström almost resulted in the home team taking the lead, but the shot glanced harmlessly off the frame of the goal. TK's S. Pötschke could have put the guests one up after 24 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but M. Montemurro was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. TK's W. Rowan was shown a yellow card after 29 minutes for slicing down an opponent. M. Montemurro was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so D.D.F.C.'s Y. Kokalanov had to come off the bench. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, V. Pindaré got himself booked. The manager of TK was not happy. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to D.D.F.C., who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

After 47 minutes, U. Foith came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving D.D.F.C. the lead. TK's opponents know to be wary of A. Nuccio's speed, but it made little difference as he flew past the defence 53 minutes into the game. Only the keeper could stop him - and he did with a perfectly timed dive! A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in D.D.F.C.'s U. Foith increasing the lead to 2 - 0. The players of D.D.F.C. now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. J. Djupström struck a 30 metre free kick home 72 minutes into the match. 3 - 0 for the home team. As L. Giménez had, completely unprovoked, swept the legs out from under an opponent in front of a linesman, the referee gave the D.D.F.C. player a red card without batting an eyelid. C. Uggerholm became the new D.D.F.C. captain. Unfortunately for TK, V. Pindaré was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. M. Rangelov replaced him. D.D.F.C. claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

M. Mikulčík performed admirably for D.D.F.C.. On the other hand, Y. Kokalanov's play was disheartening. TK's top performer was clearly S. Pötschke. However, M. Rangelov made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 0.