A.V.Sampas 0 - 1 DINAMO (382933453)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 25056 to La Pandereta. Cord Hueck was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Barthélémy Alméras and Yordan Tzakov. A.V.Sampas tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Trindade - Hazas, Rrokaj, Ruiz Gutiérrez - Ross, Aagren, Marcos, Valtierra, Orbaneja - Păduraru, Čelhar.

A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for DINAMO. The following players had been chosen: Vitón - Marchettini, Mangado, Gábos, Rosa, Sánchez-Sola - Lohmann, Oude-Luttikhuis, Kareaga, Sharashidze - Gommidh.

For their match strategy, DINAMO had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. With the clock showing 18 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of DINAMO resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by M. Sánchez-Sola in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave M. Lohmann from DINAMO a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 26 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! A well placed corner kick from M. Lohmann was followed by I. Gábos's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for DINAMO, the score now 0 - 1. 34 minutes into the game DINAMO managed a counterattack, but B. Sharashidze took a soft shot from the left flank that was easy prey for the alert keeper. Halftime score was 0 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by A.V.Sampas, with 64 percent of the ball.

After 48 minutes DINAMO tried to exploit their counterattacking skills, unfortunately, M. Sánchez-Sola's shot sailed wide after his break down the right. A.V.Sampas claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 68 percent.

A.V.Sampas's top performer was clearly S. Valtierra. On the other hand, B. Ross's play was disheartening. The most dominating DINAMO player was without a doubt S. Gommidh. However, M. Lohmann made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 1.