36000 spectators had come to Arena Rock Club this cloudy day. Jamie van den Hout was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Vlaho Mujčin and François Brossard. EN tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Serrat - Davidsson, Gerets, Guará - Antonucci, Pascal, Sarpe, Tàpia, Mihajlović - Mamczak, Möhrlein.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for América. The following players took the field: Horváth - Kammerloher, da Rocha, Pomponio, Koralewski - Vid, Grotten, Leibinger, Böhmfeld - Bognár, Carrano.

EN saw most attack opportunities on the wings. Today, América's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. 23 minutes in, América's S. Kammerloher received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Y. Gerets gave EN the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 As the game started to slip away for América, the manager decided to change the tactical approach. Players in EN heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. It was 1 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to EN, who controlled the ball 63 percent of the time.

Always quick and a menace to his opponents, M. Mihajlović was very close to getting through after 49 minutes, but he could only put the ball into the keeper's arms. After 59 minutes, the visitors tied it up at 1 - 1 when a fantastic pass from the left was finished off by E. Koralewski. It was obvious that América had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. 60 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but J. Vid, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. América's S. Carrano got himself booked for a foul. K. Leibinger came close to putting the visiting team one up 71 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but J. Serrat managed to tip the ball to a corner. Coming in from the right, EN had a good opportunity to convert on a counterattack after 72 minutes, but J. Antonucci's attempt to finish was easily stopped. S. Bognár finished off the counterattack of América from the left rather easily, making the score 1 - 2. The bench was restless, and with 75 minutes passed EN's coach gave C. Donea the opportunity the player had been hoping for. Y. Gerets reluctantly left the field. C. Donea was handed the EN captain's armband. EN needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 75 minutes M. Sarpe made way for D. Bronneberg. EN had most of the ball, with 60 percent of possession.

Most important EN player was J. Mamczak. M. Mihajlović was a disappointment, however. The most dominating América player was without a doubt M. Pomponio. However, C. da Rocha made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 2.