Fingers 0 - 1 Harriers (390055463)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 31677 had shown up at I love the sound of KERCHING for the match. Pentti Ihanus was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Anatoly Tatyanin and Gorka Luzón. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Fingers. They fielded: Collantes - Stålesen, Meirov, Figueiredo - Coward, Mickiewicz, Uribe, Olmos, Goossen - Ramasodi, van Agtmaal.

Harriers started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Abrantes - Kvalvik, Pinho Silva, Palavecino - Valtolina, Burgstaller, Davies, Tenikl, Sciortino - Iazzetta, Genov.

Harriers's P. Sciortino was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - S. Genov managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 0 - 1 after 2 minutes. Fingers were close to equalising with a spectacular free kick by J. Goossen after 24 minutes, but R. Abrantes made a great save, tipping it to a corner. Halftime score was 0 - 1. Fingers had most of the ball, with 65 percent of possession.

Fingers needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 49 minutes Y. Stålesen made way for J. Huerco. Harriers almost scored after a counterattack 54 minutes into the match, but M. Davies took a shot from the left that landed harmlessly in the side of the net. With 55 minutes played, the Fingers coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. M. Alesi came on, M. Ramasodi had to leave the fray. The bench was restless, and with 64 minutes passed Fingers's coach gave A. Balengier the opportunity the player had been hoping for. J. Mickiewicz reluctantly left the field. Fingers's J. Huerco was shown a yellow card after 84 minutes for slicing down an opponent. A loud groan was heard from the fans of Harriers, as R. Abrantes left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. T. Olcina took his place on the field. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Fingers, with 69 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Fingers player was without a doubt E. Uribe. J. Huerco was a disappointment, however. P. Iazzetta performed admirably for Harriers. However, T. Olcina made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 1.