Repro 1 - 0 Vartai (383726290)

Dark skies made the crowd of 32883 at Repro Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. David Arellano was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alfons Feistmantl and Xaver Umlauft. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Repro. The following players had been chosen: Chiarelli - Chertes, Ljubenović, Ragazzoni, Cotovio - De Benetti, Vinogradov, Galan, Pistis - Bergamini, Bolstad.

Vartai decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Montvai - Morgado, Zurbrügg, Langagergaard - Gilbert, Noronha da Costa, Daubaras, Prinz, Roccotiello - Mattfeld, De Meester.

Repro saw most attack opportunities on the wings. Many thought L. De Benetti ought to have been awarded a penalty 2 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around K. Montvai after a determined run through the middle. Repro created a good opportunity to score 9 minutes into the match when G. Bergamini's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. Players in Repro heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. Repro were very close to putting themselves one up after 20 minutes as G. Pistis got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. 21 minutes into the game Vartai managed a counterattack, but I. Langagergaard took a soft shot from the left flank that was easy prey for the alert keeper. With 22 minutes played Y. Vinogradov almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. G. Rubinstein was called on to replace Vartai's A. Roccotiello after 31 minutes following a nasty collision. 0 - 0 was the halftime score. Repro had most of the ball, with 61 percent of possession.

Repro's G. Bergamini showed his experience, anticipating the outcome of the opponent's defensive clearance and positioning himself perfectly to volley in an unstoppable shot from the edge of the box. 1 - 0. Vartai's L. Zurbrügg was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 83 minutes. R. Gilbert made a run for the goal 86 minutes into the game but the home team's left back managed to sort the situation out in the end. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Repro, with 59 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Repro player was without a doubt Y. Vinogradov. M. Chiarelli was a disappointment, however. G. Mattfeld performed admirably for Vartai. V. Prinz turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 0.