Riyadh 3 - 0 Tigers (389687510)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 52036 had shown up at 1001 Nights for the match. Lefteris Konstantakis was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Wiljo Stulen and Alberto Restolho. Riyadh started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Shahroudi - Cernadelo, Le Gall, Andreassen - Rebolledo, Locher, Bilson, Stahnke, Frederiksen - Abdul, Safarevich.

A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Tigers. The following players had been chosen: Cerqueira - Tadić, Nørgaard, Croning - Rogulski, Peyrard, Scotti Calmuzzi, Waalkes - Lipman, Tepedelen, 慶坤 (Qingkun).

Tigers clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. Tigers nearly produced a goal as S. Tepedelen set up 彭. 慶坤 (Qingkun) for a strike from a seemingly impossible angle. However he put the shot narrowly wide. After 12 minutes, the home side was awarded a penalty. The visitors protested wildly but the referee was adamant. A. Abdul easily put the ball away to give the lead to Riyadh. 1 - 0 After 28 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by J. Rebolledo might have resulted in another goal for Riyadh. However, J. Cerqueira made a spectacular save. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. Riyadh enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 71 percent of possession.

A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Riyadh to 2 - 0 as A. Abdul finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. The coach of Riyadh was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 60 minutes, S. Göktunç came on for A. Cernadelo. Tigers's M. Peyrard refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 61 minutes. V. Le Gall increased the lead for Riyadh to 3 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! Tigers's J. Waalkes left the field after 67 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was Y. Contreras. With 69 minutes played, A. Abdul could have brought this one home for Riyadh as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. J. Rebolledo left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 70 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. T. Ribeiro was the replacement. The crowd roared its approval when F. Shahroudi somehow managed to block a shot which seemed to be a certain goal by Tigers's 彭. 慶坤 (Qingkun) 70 minutes into the game. After 72 minutes, the Riyadh players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game. With 74 minutes played, Riyadh's A. Abdul almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. The Riyadh coach was visibly pleased with the score so far, but still ordered a few tactical changes 75 minutes into the game. Riyadh claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 66 percent.

The most dominating Riyadh player was without a doubt A. Abdul. On the other hand, P. Frederiksen's play was disheartening. Most important Tigers player was C. Lipman. Y. Contreras turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 0.