Pens 1 - 0 gomes (386285238)

Clear skies welcomed the 23061 spectators who had made their way to The Palace of auburn hills. Denis Martel was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Dante Krauss and Vladimir Sandoval. Pens started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Barrera Rodríguez - Longoni, Baartman, Leiria - Mattozzi, Aanerud, Skinner, Kujancevas, Kúnev - Leimsiede, García.

gomes tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Murillo - Pinto, Kotrba, Deroubaix - Vordermayer, Audenaert, Calero, Krstić, Saveljić - Castellet, Stevanyik.

With 15 minutes played, L. Castellet of gomes fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Pens took the lead 17 minutes in, as M. Aanerud broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. S. Mattozzi should probably have put his team up another goal after 25 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by A. Murillo kept the visitors in the game. A free kick just outside of the visitors' penalty area after 26 minutes could have resulted in another goal, but A. Murillo got a hand out and tipped the ball over the bar. 1 - 0 was the score after the first half. Pens enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 68 percent of possession.

A great save by keeper A. Murillo after 56 minutes kept the visitors in the game after S. Mattozzi struck from the left with a real cannonball. Pens claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 65 percent.

The most dominating Pens player was without a doubt A. Kujancevas. P. Longoni was a disappointment, however. R. Kotrba performed admirably for gomes. R. Vordermayer on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 0.