Gimondi 0 - 4 Armenia (388586824)

Clouds darkened the skies at pozzatostadion as 24000 spectators turned up for the match. Yiannis Pantelopoulos was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Yrjänä Kaustinen and Fredrik Tillskär. Gimondi decided to use a 4-3-2 set up. They fielded: Eichner-Reißner - Vizireanu, Piira, Zuhri, Ketels - Šuráň, Gryń, Zuqert - Bošnjak, Özerdinç.

Armenia had chosen a strategic 5-4-1 formation. The following players took the field: Bouillet - Cason, Baba Moradi, Borredon, Pizur, Käufeler - van de Water, Zafferri, Gelderman, Ömar - Samuelsen.

Gimondi used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. Armenia were relying on their ability to counter-attack. Armenia earned themselves a free kick after a counterattack wasn't dealt with adequately by their opponents. S. Zafferri powered the shot in for 0 - 1. 16 minutes in, Gimondi appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only poor. Armenia increased their lead after 32 minutes when O. Gelderman broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 2, much to the home crowd's dismay. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Armenia lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Halftime score was 0 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to Armenia, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that Gimondi had passable organisation. S. Zafferri increased Armenia's lead to 0 - 3 with a superb free kick strike that flew in just under the far top corner. Gimondi had to make a substitution after 67 minutes. A. Gryń limped off the field and was replaced by O. Bunte. Armenia's F. Baba Moradi got himself booked for a foul. After 72 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Gimondi found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to inadequate. The crowd groaned when Ž. Bošnjak, having maneuvered his way down the right, fired the ball just wide and missed a great opportunity to reduce the deficit for Gimondi. 74 minutes into the game, Gimondi seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a inadequate level of organisation. 82 minutes in, Gimondi's O. Bunte received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. F. Baba Moradi of Armenia had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. S. Godskär came in to finish the match. After 85 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed J. Samuelsen to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 4. A misunderstanding between the visitors' keeper A. Bouillet and his left defence could have resulted in a goal for Gimondi, but N. Özerdinç's finish was way too lame. Armenia claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

L. Šuráň performed admirably for Gimondi. A. Zuhri on the other hand, had a terrible day. Armenia's top performer was clearly J. Samuelsen. However, S. Zafferri made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 4.