Tigers 0 - 7 EUNCHANS (386936658)

43630 punters turned up at Heian Kyo, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Viggo Lykke Frandsen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Walter Buge and Stefano D'Amore. Tigers tactics involved an interesting 5-3-2 combination. They fielded: Kanagaki - Yamamoto, Nagano, Ishihara, Ihara, Kasamatsu - Egawa, 小林 (Kobayashi), Terauchi - 野口 (Noguchi), Kahaya.

EUNCHANS had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Cara - Lee, Abu-Yousef, Van Orshoven - Seo, Kim, van Schalen, 井上 (Inoue), 小嶋 (Kojima) - 斉藤 (Saito), Ybarra Bores.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Tigers. EUNCHANS saw most attack opportunities on the wings. EUNCHANS's 晴. 小嶋 (Kojima) managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 12 minutes. 0 - 1. 21 minutes into the game, EUNCHANS worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. Having turned the direction of play quickly, the Tigers counter attack ended as the ball carrier was brought down violently by a defender after 22 minutes. The resulting free kick was a flat shot into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and did not allow the opponents to reach the ball. A well placed corner kick from O. Abu-Yousef was followed by G. Van Orshoven's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for EUNCHANS, the score now 0 - 2. An indecisive keeper looked on as a free kick by EUNCHANS's O. Abu-Yousef put the visitors up 0 - 3 after 35 minutes. 0 - 3 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by EUNCHANS, with 65 percent of the ball.

After 73 minutes EUNCHANS's D. Lee contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. 74 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 4 as J. Kim finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Confident in their lead, EUNCHANS's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. 79 minutes into the game, EUNCHANS were awarded a penalty and O. Abu-Yousef was able to increase the visitors' lead to 0 - 5 rolling the ball in by the right post. A drive down the left side allowed 芳. 斉藤 (Saito) to get in close and score another goal for EUNCHANS after 83 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 6. The referee signalled a penalty 87 minutes into the game following an offence which looked like it was outside the box. O. Abu-Yousef knocked it home to make the score 0 - 7. This third goal completed a hattrick for O. Abu-Yousef. EUNCHANS claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 64 percent.

Most important Tigers player was 高. 野口 (Noguchi). However, 和. 小林 (Kobayashi) made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating EUNCHANS player was without a doubt C. Ybarra Bores. A. 井上 (Inoue) turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 7.