Cruzeiro 10 - 0 TricolorHT (391554896)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Mineirão saw a crowd turnout of 41597. Kevin Hansen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Enrico Mauro Alume and Eckhard Suete. Cruzeiro started off with a 4-3-3 lineup. Starters: Barros Jr. - Vasilescu, Smith, Stancovici, Bertet - Nantes, Berganza, Köszegi - Ďurčak, Migliore, Sirko.

TricolorHT had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: 菊池 (Kikuchi) - Paraná, Gyatso, Alencar, Amarante - Sanchez, Díaz, da Praça, Callado - Deuten, Mazon.

Cruzeiro seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Cruzeiro took the lead after 2 minutes as a result of M. Köszegi's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. N. Sirko increased the lead for Cruzeiro to 2 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! 34 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as N. Sirko broke through, making the score 3 - 0 for Cruzeiro. After this, you could see that the players of Cruzeiro were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. 39 minutes into the game, Cruzeiro seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a wretched level of organisation. Cruzeiro solidified their lead at the 40 minute mark, as N. Sirko dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 4 - 0. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for N. Sirko. Cruzeiro's J. Ďurčak had an excellent opportunity after 41 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Cruzeiro's N. Sirko increasing the lead to 5 - 0. The teams went for the halftime break at 5 - 0. Cruzeiro claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 74 percent.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that Cruzeiro had passable organisation. Cheers filled the stadium as N. Sirko broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 6 - 0 to Cruzeiro. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. A. Nantes squirmed through their central defence after 59 minutes, increasing the lead to 7 - 0. A well placed corner kick from M. Köszegi was followed by A. Nantes's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for Cruzeiro, the score now 8 - 0. 76 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as N. Migliore broke through, making the score 9 - 0 for Cruzeiro. TricolorHT's Q. da Praça left the field after 80 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was I. Infante. Cruzeiro's M. Köszegi increased the lead to 10 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 82 minutes. Possession in this half belonged to Cruzeiro, who controlled the ball 85 percent of the time.

Cruzeiro's best player was N. Sirko. However, P. Barros Jr. made a disastrous appearance. Most important TricolorHT player was F. Callado. On the other hand, 誠. 菊池 (Kikuchi)'s play was disheartening. The match ends 10 - 0.