united 0 - 0 Clean (387051081)

44909 spectators had come to pax Arena this cloudy day. Ludwig Licari was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Arnaud Pailleux and Lucash Cándamo. The derby had been the talk of Seoul all week and fans of both teams could be seen throughout the stadium. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for united. They fielded: Berardengo - Steenhout, Dinkel, Palese - Vrba, Gam, Kim, Vasconcelos e Sousa, Lim - Espartillo, Szczudło.

Clean had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. The following players took the field: Jin - Song, Hong, Calmar, Choi, Kim - Uribe, Chin, Johansson, Lupashko - Jang.

It was obvious that united were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. Clean were relying on their ability to counter-attack. After 1 minutes, the Clean coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving M. Uribe off the field. M. Oskarsson took his place. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave Y. Kim from united a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 9 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! With the clock showing 20 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of Clean resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by M. Choi in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. With the match clock at 30 minutes, Clean modified their style of play a little bit. united made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left S. Steenhout completely alone with keeper S. Jin, who made a spectacular block. Clean were able to draw a foul with their counterattacks, but the shot from K. Johansson went into the arms of the keeper. 0 - 0 was the halftime score. united enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 62 percent of possession.

united were very close to putting themselves one up after 58 minutes as S. Steenhout got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. 60 minutes into the match, the Clean manager wanted to try a new tactic, and the players loyally obliged. Clean almost scored after a counterattack 65 minutes into the match, but J. Kim took a shot from the left that landed harmlessly in the side of the net. 89 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Clean substitution. A. Tuulonen came on for J. Chin. united claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 61 percent.

united's top performer was clearly M. Gam. On the other hand, S. Berardengo's play was disheartening. S. Jin performed admirably for Clean. However, M. Choi made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 0.