Canuckoz 2 - 0 TFC (386974685)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 60050 had shown up at Canuckoz FC Arena for the match. Yann Gamon was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Juan Antonio Marín and Robert Kranz. Everyone was excited about the upcoming New South Wales derby and the crowd was divided evenly. Canuckoz decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. The following players took the field: Rébeli-Szabó - Delay, Furjan, Whawell, Muntz - Sartores, Constantinescu, Ang, Palmeiro, Zaufall - Zampach.

TFC tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Åhstål - Bowden, Zaydman, Herbord - Joubert, Jeffery, Vollkrann, Governini, Kemppi - Risblad, Havers.

With 9 minutes played H. Furjan almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. 34 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Canuckoz to take the lead after a good cross from the right found J. Sartores alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. Canuckoz's H. Furjan left the field after 38 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was S. Quabaj. After 40 minutes, A. Palmeiro came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving Canuckoz the lead. The corner kick from S. Constantinescu was powerfully met by the head of O. Muntz to make the score 2 - 0. It was 2 - 0 at the break. Canuckoz claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

After 51 minutes, the defensive line of TFC created a counterattack through the middle that gave P. Governini a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. With 53 minutes played, Canuckoz's O. Muntz almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. After 75 minutes, TFC switched G. Åhstål with R. Benjamin, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. A great save by keeper R. Benjamin after 77 minutes kept the visitors in the game after Y. Zaufall struck from the left with a real cannonball. With 78 minutes played, the TFC coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. M. Zappalà came on, B. Herbord had to leave the fray. As the game started to slip away for TFC, the manager decided to change the tactical approach. The TFC coach was desperate to reverse his team's fortunes in the game, and ordered his team to change strategy. After 85 minutes, TFC used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Canuckoz, with 54 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Canuckoz player was without a doubt M. Zampach. S. Quabaj was a disappointment, however. T. Havers performed admirably for TFC. R. Kemppi on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 0.