Cosmos 11 - 0 BraddsFC (384265686)

Dark skies made the crowd of 40555 at Gordon Park Stadium a little nervous, but the rain held off. Francisco Manzano was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jordano Coutinho and Per Eneér. All of Grampian was shut down for the day, as fans of both clubs came to the derby. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Cosmos. The following players had been chosen: Cazos - Pérez-Seoane, Lebianok, Governini - Czosnyka, Kutluay, Sarau, Lim, Langer - Slivak, Gambino.

BraddsFC had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. They fielded: McGibbon - MacAvennie, Naismith, Bremner, Unwin - Stewart, Elvey, Capelhorn, MacGrory - Cameron, McGill.

Cosmos demonstrated their creative tactics on the field. Cosmos fans held their breath as M. Kutluay scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! T. Lebianok of Cosmos seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 2 - 0 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by X. Pérez-Seoane. Cheers filled the stadium as M. Kutluay broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 0 to Cosmos. By now, the players in Cosmos felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. P. Slivak squirmed through their central defence after 13 minutes, increasing the lead to 4 - 0. Cosmos's J. Gambino increased the lead to 5 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 14 minutes. 19 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as O. Sarau broke through, making the score 6 - 0 for Cosmos. 6 - 0 was the score after the first half. Cosmos enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 80 percent of possession.

Cosmos's H. Langer was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - J. Gambino managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 7 - 0 after 50 minutes. Cosmos managed to extend their lead to 8 - 0 when J. Gambino cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. This third goal completed a hattrick for J. Gambino. Cosmos solidified their lead at the 60 minute mark, as D. Governini dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 9 - 0. The Cosmos players could smell victory in the air. D. Governini wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for B. Kaibás after 65 minutes. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Cosmos coach let J. Puchetta replace M. Czosnyka after 65 minutes. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Cosmos's P. Slivak increasing the lead to 10 - 0. J. Gambino wanted to play on, but the Cosmos coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 70 minutes into the game by I. Raaphorst. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Cosmos's P. Slivak increasing the lead to 11 - 0. By then P. Slivak had scored three goals - a hat trick! 82 minutes in, Cosmos's M. Kutluay received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Cosmos had a magnificent opportunity after 85 minutes as M. Kutluay hit the ball hard from the edge of the penalty box. However, the shot went wide. BraddsFC's A. Stewart got himself booked for a foul. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Cosmos, with 89 percent of the ball.

Cosmos's best player was P. Slivak. However, O. Sarau made a disastrous appearance. Most important BraddsFC player was W. Elvey. On the other hand, F. MacAvennie's play was disheartening. The match ends 11 - 0.