United 0 - 3 Salento (385102742)

The crowd of 3277 turning up at Vaduz United 1998 Arena today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Daniel Martos was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Leopold Dziemiańczuk and André Guimarães. United had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Remin - Rouhier, Merlo, Abry, Münst - Obren, Corleone, Gassner, Andes - Allix, Scantlin.

Salento decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. The following players took the field: Verstraeten - Sindern, 淮洲 (Huaizhou) , Berardi - Togay, Laajasalo, Briois, Trovarelli - Wagon, Bouvez, Vilalva.

The Salento free kick 3 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of G. Trovarelli, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 0 - 1! A. Vilalva came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over R. Remin but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. 32 minutes into the game a free kick by A. Togay found its way through the home side's poorly assembled defensive formation, making Salento's lead 0 - 2. By now, the players in Salento felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Halftime score was 0 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to Salento, who controlled the ball 67 percent of the time.

Had it not been for one of the home defenders, 彭. 淮洲 (Huaizhou) would have put Salento up another goal 67 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. After the ball was lifted in from the left, 彭. 淮洲 (Huaizhou) was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 77 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. G. Trovarelli was struggling to make the ball dance with his usual trickery and panache, and the opposing players had little trouble shutting him down in these muddy conditions. 彭. 淮洲 (Huaizhou) received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 81 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. United's B. Andes got himself booked for a foul. A. Rouhier of United received a yellow card after 87 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. An indecisive keeper looked on as a free kick by Salento's A. Togay put the visitors up 0 - 3 after 87 minutes. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Salento coach let C. Lehoux replace 彭. 淮洲 (Huaizhou) after 87 minutes. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Salento, with 70 percent of the ball.

United's best player was M. Obren. D. Scantlin was a disappointment, however. H. Bouvez performed admirably for Salento. However, C. Lehoux made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 3.