Packard 4 - 4 da-lhe (386295499)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 40000 had shown up at Packard Bell II Arena for the match. Jim Jackson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Stefano Last and Francesco Santi. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Packard. The following players had been chosen: Nogueira - Beccalossi, Pimentel, Farris - Versyp, Mata, Rumbold, van Zaanen, Freitas - Fernandes, Rosa.

da-lhe decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Braun - Ulloa, Cornea, Fernandes - Borowa, Hervier, Paiva, Güntherodt, Sáfri - Cosmede, Diederichs.

It was an obvious ambition of Packard to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. Packard were very close to putting themselves one up after 21 minutes as B. Fernandes got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, M. Farris scored for Packard putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 41 minutes. Cheers filled the stadium as A. Freitas broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to Packard. The home team's fans were upset when, after 43 minutes, the visiting D. Diederichs broke through the central defence and kicked the ball past the keeper. 2 - 1 was the score. After 43 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and S. van Zaanen gave the Packard supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 3 - 1. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 1. Packard enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

The visitors replied 56 minutes into the game, reducing the home side's lead to 3 - 2, as D. Hervier dashed up the middle, easily lobbing the ball over the home team's keeper. The visitors' D. Diederichs was alert after a cross coming in from the left, levelling the score at 3 - 3 after 62 minutes. With 66 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 4 - 3 lead as V. Rosa flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. After 79 minutes, the visitors levelled the scores after D. Diederichs made it through the middle and struck home to make it 4 - 4. That made three goals for D. Diederichs and he was marked down for the hat trick. Neither team were able to dominate possession this half.

Most important Packard player was B. Fernandes. G. Versyp turned in a dismal performance, however. da-lhe's top performer was clearly D. Diederichs. However, C. Fernandes made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 4 - 4.