TOSHIBA 0 - 9 Everton (382681878)

Dark skies made the crowd of 12000 at TOSHIBA L305 Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Karel Gobreau was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Romică Olah and Bruno Vigoureux. TOSHIBA had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players took the field: Bogdantzaliev - Ghaziyan, Nachev, Ivanov, Bozhilov - Donkov, Veselinov, Yanchev, Tolev - Tihomirov, Eğilmez.

Everton decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Bosma - Ehscheidt, Brenne, Nájera - Lichtenhäler, Reynoso, Jensen, Robledo, Plavecz - Delarge, Lottaz.

With 10 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. Á. Reynoso put the ball away for 0 - 1. After 21 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave C. Robledo a chance to increase the lead for Everton, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 2. After 26 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for A. Lottaz who increased Everton's lead to 0 - 3. With 33 minutes played, Y. Donkov of TOSHIBA fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. J. Nájera received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 34 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 4. The Everton fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. After 38 minutes TOSHIBA's G. Bozhilov limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. It was 0 - 4 at the break. Everton had most of the ball, with 81 percent of possession.

J. Delarge increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 5. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Everton lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. The visitors' A. Lottaz took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 66 minutes into the match. 0 - 6 for Everton. Some fine movement on the left led to a Everton goal after 71 minutes, making it 0 - 7. M. Jensen was noted down as the scorer. After 73 minutes, Everton's C. Brenne burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 8. After 87 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for J. Delarge who increased Everton's lead to 0 - 9. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Everton, with 84 percent of the ball.

TOSHIBA's top performer was clearly V. Eğilmez. On the other hand, L. Ivanov's play was disheartening. C. Robledo performed admirably for Everton. F. Ehscheidt on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 9.