an 3 - 2 Lynch (390877021)

Dark skies made the crowd of 41000 at Zion a little nervous, but the rain held off. Ursin Guérin was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rob Edvinsson and Janusz Maj. an started off with a 4-3-3 lineup. Lineup: Crowley - Martinsson, Tuhkuri, Lenkkeri, Deitz - Taru, Witzen, Gouverneur - Shustik, Gil Fano, Worrell.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Lynch. The following players had been chosen: Symmes - Orre, Lordi, Véber, Aigner - Bak, Held, Edler, Rojas, David - Tkalić.

an mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. Lynch clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. A questionable penalty 9 minutes in gave the home side the lead, 1 - 0. The visitors' goalie didn't stand a chance as Y. Taru knocked the ball home. an were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. With 22 minutes played, the visitors could have drawn level after K. Edler came through the middle, but his kick went wide. A. Deitz was first to reach a ball launched long through the center from an's defence 23 minutes into the game. He managed to keep his cool and beat the goalkeeper to make the score 2 - 0. Lynch managed to reduce the score to 2 - 1 as G. Aigner finished off a well-played combination from the left, easily carving through the defence. It was obvious that team an had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. J. Gil Fano squirmed through their central defence after 41 minutes, increasing the lead to 3 - 1. It was 3 - 1 at the break. an enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.

The crowd roared its approval when S. Crowley somehow managed to block a shot which seemed to be a certain goal by Lynch's K. Edler 56 minutes into the game. an had a great opportunity to score following a counterattack after 57 minutes, but N. Worrell's shot from the left sailed high over the bar. D. Tkalić could've grabbed a goal for Lynch 71 minutes in when he got a pass from the left putting him free of the home side's defence, but he was unable to take advantage of the situation. Y. Taru could have increased the lead after 73 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. The away team improved the scoreline to 3 - 2, as H. Bak struck home, set up well by a play on the left 74 minutes into the match. Lynch needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 80 minutes N. David made way for M. Sauli. Neither team were able to dominate possession this half.

an's top performer was clearly N. Worrell. On the other hand, D. Martinsson's play was disheartening. The most dominating Lynch player was without a doubt D. Tkalić. However, H. Bak made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 2.