Leningrad 6 - 3 Trinity (388894615)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Marihuana Arena saw a crowd turnout of 59600. Ramón Cayon was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Roland Arnold and Juan Miguel Lambarrie. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Leningrad. Starters: Erengül - Bekar, Bektaş, Türük - Villot, Ramírez, Debeuf, Arno, Carlés - Rechivichi, Lomazzo.

Trinity started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. They fielded: Balsby - Dobber, Sperber, Beagrie - Filipčík, Sussman, Pi Dote, von Bieberstein - Ertok, Cindoruk, Özel.

Trinity immediately set off using their skill at pressing their opponents. After 9 minutes of play, S. Rechivichi gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. 14 minutes into the match the visitors levelled the score at 1 - 1 as Ö. Ertok struck home from a rebound off the crossbar, following a shot from the right. S. Dobber gave the visitors the lead 25 minutes into the match to make it 1 - 2. The goal was scored from the penalty spot after a handball in the penalty area. After 27 minutes, I. Carlés made a dash down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the goal that made it 2 - 2. Leningrad's M. Bektaş refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 30 minutes. 2 - 2 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Leningrad, with 64 percent of the ball.

I. Carlés caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 47 minutes. This gave Leningrad the 3 - 2 lead. One of many good crosses from I. Carlés on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by S. Rechivichi, who scored for Leningrad. 4 - 2 O. Méndez was called on to replace Leningrad's E. Debeuf after 67 minutes following a nasty collision. Leningrad's P. Lomazzo showed his experience, anticipating the outcome of the opponent's defensive clearance and positioning himself perfectly to volley in an unstoppable shot from the edge of the box. 5 - 2. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. C. Villot squirmed through their central defence after 75 minutes, increasing the lead to 6 - 2. After this, you could see that the players of Leningrad were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. After 79 minutes, S. Dobber sent the corner kick right to I. Beagrie who headed it sharply past the keeper. 6 - 3! Leningrad put in a good effort on the right, but P. Lomazzo saw his volley fly wide of the mark 81 minutes into the game. Leningrad's S. Rechivichi swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball. Leningrad claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 69 percent.

Most important Leningrad player was P. Lomazzo. G. Bekar turned in a dismal performance, however. Trinity's best player was Ö. Ertok. However, J. von Bieberstein made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 6 - 3.