Kharlan 1 - 1 America (389952003)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 40968 had shown up at Valhalla Sanctum for the match. Shaheen Faqih was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Agostino Bonasio and Mahmoud Hamid. Kharlan tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Starters: Gregović - Gomez, Millet, Hermann, Martos - Corona, Żuk, Gaßen, Anaya - Vereš, Brunel.

America had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Klement - Căruntu, Rommerskirchen, Schoch - Nanclares, Kernevičius, Schrei, Grigore, Sáinz Quintana - Carmona, Yoder.

Today, Kharlan's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Players in Kharlan heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. Kharlan had a chance to take the lead after V. Brunel's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 4 minutes. 27 minutes into the game, P. Yoder almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. 0 - 0 was the halftime score. America claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

P. Yoder came close to putting the visiting team one up 53 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but J. Gregović managed to tip the ball to a corner. 55 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Kharlan was V. Vereš. America tied it all up, 71 minutes in, after a spectacular goal by P. Yoder, who miraculously broke through the home side's central defence, making it 1 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to America, who controlled the ball 58 percent of the time.

Kharlan's best player was R. Corona. I. Gomez was a disappointment, however. Most important America player was J. Carmona. O. Sáinz Quintana on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 1.