Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 55770 at COLISEU TRICOLOR today. Andrea Zoi was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ville Laulajainen and Christophe Chan. Everyone was excited about the upcoming São Paulo derby and the crowd was divided evenly. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for S.C.. Lineup: Højer Nielsen - Zlatković, Weißensteiner, van Dulmen - Poeta, Wiesensteig, Pavone, Abutbul, Moura Cruz - Pizzolato, Kubach.

A.F.S. had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Pesci - Quintavalla, Kalloch, Ráskó - Spanner, Massen, Garibay, Balashev, Peshev - Pena Bueno, Zak.

S.C. saw most attack opportunities on the wings. After 20 minutes, A.F.S. put themselves up 0 - 1, as A. Quintavalla finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. F. Pena Bueno of A.F.S. was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. After 29 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for A. Spanner who increased A.F.S.'s lead to 0 - 2. By now, the players in A.F.S. felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. A.F.S.'s R. Garibay was shown a yellow card after 33 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 34 minutes into the match, S.C.'s D. Moura Cruz demonstrated his famed speed as he raced past his marker and passed the ball to T. Kubach who chipped it in for 1 - 2. A penalty was awarded after 36 minutes, and A. Balashev made the most of his chance to put A.F.S. up by another goal. 1 - 3 for the visitors. T. Kubach almost reduced the deficit, having drawn the entire left side defence away, but the shot went straight into the arms of the goalkeeper. Halftime score was 1 - 3. A.F.S. claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

A drive down the left side allowed R. Massen to get in close and score another goal for A.F.S. after 64 minutes, taking the score to 1 - 4. A. Spanner's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert A. Zak was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for A.F.S.. 1 - 5. The coach of A.F.S. was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 74 minutes, O. Empain came on for A. Balashev. The home side worked hard to get through the middle and as a result, had a good chance of getting one back as M. Abutbul tried lifting the ball over keeper E. Pesci. Unfortunately, the ball went just over the bar. A.F.S.'s P. Peshev was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 80 minutes. 81 minutes into the game, A.F.S. were awarded a penalty and R. Garibay was able to increase the visitors' lead to 1 - 6 rolling the ball in by the right post. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by A.F.S., with 56 percent of the ball.

Most important S.C. player was T. Kubach. M. Abutbul on the other hand, had a terrible day. F. Pena Bueno performed admirably for A.F.S.. However, E. Pesci made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 6.