FCC 3 - 1 Toxteth (389413877)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 54256 that came out to Saint Catenaccis Park. Vlajko Milosavljevic was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Martin Maier and Giovanni D'Annibale. FCC had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. They fielded: Ligios - Sande, Panzeta, Püttjer, Vižintin - Yohpaz, Cheyns, Grummesgaard, Ferfelea, Holgersen - Kantanen.

A 4-3-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Toxteth. Starters: Halay - Ryborg, Meirov, Nikačević, Cohen - Selbur, Bonilha, Folden - Baastrup, Tornøe, Knudsen.

Toxteth clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. 8 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for FCC was M. Yohpaz. S. Selbur enjoyed the sunshine and demonstrated his stunning technique over and over again. A well-executed free kick by A. Püttjer after 19 minutes made it 2 - 0 for FCC. The visitors replied 28 minutes into the game, reducing the home side's lead to 2 - 1, as N. Baastrup dashed up the middle, easily lobbing the ball over the home team's keeper. FCC's A. Püttjer struck his penalty well enough to beat the goalkeeper and extend the home team's lead to 3 - 1 after 29 minutes. 3 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to FCC, who controlled the ball 74 percent of the time.

As usual, N. Cohen tried to use his strength and hard work for the benefit of the team, but the heat hit him hard and he couldn't keep pace at all. With 75 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of Toxteth resulted in a counterattack that set S. Selbur free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by FCC, with 78 percent of the ball.

M. Cheyns performed admirably for FCC. On the other hand, D. Vižintin's play was disheartening. Toxteth's best player was V. Knudsen. However, P. Meirov made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 1.