Athletico 0 - 7 Man U (391722207)

Dark skies made the crowd of 7000 at Bocas del Toro Estadio a little nervous, but the rain held off. Svein Ek was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Dan Rachimi and Tommi Laaninen. Athletico had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players took the field: Gomes - Tamez, Sol, Poot, Rojas - Fabela, Astorga, Domínguez, Barboza - Escobedo, Andrade.

Man U decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Ojuelos - Maniak, Teeuwen, Wennink - Filipiński, Da Rocha, Tuccillo, Rothschild, Thomas - Kuliński, Howard.

Man U seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Man U took the lead 11 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. D. Kuliński was the scorer. D. Kuliński of Man U took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 16 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 2. C. Gomes kept the home side in the game with a magnificent save when T. Howard delivered an almost perfect free kick to the far post. H. Wennink came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over C. Gomes but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. The visitors' T. Howard took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 33 minutes into the match. 0 - 3 for Man U. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 3. Possession in this half belonged to Man U, who controlled the ball 85 percent of the time.

After 52 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed D. Kuliński to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 4. At that, D. Kuliński was noted down for a hat trick! Confident in their lead, Man U's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. With 67 minutes played, Man U put themselves up 0 - 5 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was R. Teeuwen. After 72 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave F. Tuccillo a chance to increase the lead for Man U, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 6. With 73 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed H. Wennink of Man U to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 7. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Man U, with 89 percent of the ball.

R. Andrade performed admirably for Athletico. Á. Escobedo on the other hand, had a terrible day. Man U's best player was D. Kuliński. However, E. Da Rocha made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 7.