Atlètic 1 - 0 Cierres (382909150)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 21470 to Bai A Stadium. Boumedienne Kazi was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Aurelian Macovei and Nuno Batista. Atlètic tactics involved an interesting 5-3-2 combination. Starters: Andrade - Surdyk, Peedu, Ziemke, Bonano, Palmese - Steirer, Tyšer, Ehmer-Barnasch - Kesteloot, Costa.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Cierres. The following players had been chosen: Aardenburg - Sánchez Paniagua, Mäkipää, Maristan, Velo - Stougaard, La Serna, Zubía, Lamas, Doniániz - Costa.

For their match strategy, Atlètic had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. Down the middle came A. Zubía, making a fantastic play that nearly had Cierres take the lead after 16 minutes, but I. Andrade preserved the tie. With the clock showing 17 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of Atlètic resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by S. Kesteloot in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. 0 - 0 was the halftime score. Cierres enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 58 percent of possession.

M. Peedu of Atlètic was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. After 54 minutes Atlètic tried to exploit their counterattacking skills, unfortunately, H. Costa's shot sailed wide after his break down the right. 69 minutes into the game T. Stougaard could see that the opposing goalie was out of position and tried an unexpected lob that the keeper just barely reached. The rebound went to C. Costa who failed to hit the target. Making his way up the middle 70 minutes into the match, H. Costa almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert K. Aardenburg blocked it to keep the score level. The crowd gasped as X. Lamas of Cierres was flattened by an opponent after 77 minutes and had to be carried off. J. Cornet came in off the bench. M. Peedu of Atlètic got sent off for kicking the ball after the whistle, a completely uncalled for move, earning him his second yellow card of the game. After 83 minutes, S. Kesteloot came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving Atlètic the lead. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Cierres's L. Mäkipää was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 83 minutes. O. Honore was given a chance to change things around. Atlètic's counterattacks created a good chance for J. Ehmer-Barnasch on the right after 88 minutes, but he could only look on with dismay as his strike rebounded off the crossbar. A. Surdyk should probably have put his team up another goal after 89 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by K. Aardenburg kept the visitors in the game. Cierres had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

I. Andrade performed admirably for Atlètic. M. Steirer turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Cierres player was R. La Serna. However, J. Cornet made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 0.