The 4 - 1 Galatasaray (384526318)

Clear skies welcomed the 11848 spectators who had made their way to Waldlichtung der Krokodile. Janne Heikkinen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Guillaume Page and David Hopper. The tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Pollak - Toledo, Dewaegemaeker, Kroezen - Sayoen, Mazzia, Samuelsen, Peh, van Bronkhorst - Fichte, Jaime.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Galatasaray. The following players had been chosen: Pirovano - Yaşa, Vecchio, Lallemand - Lata, Haber, Yianikakis, Rossignoli, Göttke - bin Mamud, Pellerin.

Today, Galatasaray's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 7 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from K. Kroezen, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. The's L. Sayoen increased the lead to 2 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 9 minutes. The referee showed Galatasaray's M. bin Mamud the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. A loud groan was heard from the fans of The, as O. Pollak left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. T. Wieringer took his place on the field. With 34 minutes played, The's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to D. Jaime he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 3 - 0. After this, you could see that the players of The were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave G. van Bronkhorst from The a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 35 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Things were going to get worse for the visitors. G. Samuelsen squirmed through their central defence after 35 minutes, increasing the lead to 4 - 0. R. Mazzia had a fantastic opportunity to put The up another goal 38 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. The teams went for the halftime break at 4 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by The, with 64 percent of the ball.

The cannonball from 35 metres by R. Mazzia of The was an impressive sight, but didn't make it into the net. Galatasaray reduced the lead after 80 minutes to 4 - 1 as O. Rossignoli easily chipped the ball past the home side's keeper after a dazzling play from the right. 82 minutes in, Galatasaray's O. Rossignoli received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

Most important The player was M. Peh. However, J. Toledo made a disastrous appearance. Galatasaray's top performer was clearly O. Rossignoli. M. Pirovano turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 1.