Coruña 1 - 0 XAVI (392651297)

33986 punters turned up at Mauro Silva Estadio, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Mickaël Rouillier was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Karol Korpal and Nicu Drãghici. Coruña decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Bechtol - Leroy, Meissnitzer, Guzmán - Ludwich, Cota, Karu, Vas-Fillado, Negulescu - Cerroa, Cillario.

XAVI had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. The following players had been chosen: Kotlár - Kanestrøm, Landázuri - Kraxner, Delucce, Perri, Abdullaev, Kläusli - Castelletti, Bäckbrant, Ecktorp.

XAVI seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. XAVI's J. Landázuri could have put the guests one up after 4 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but H. Bechtol was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. 12 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Coruña was E. Vas-Fillado. 1 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to XAVI, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

T. Kraxner made a run for the goal 48 minutes into the game but the home team's left back managed to sort the situation out in the end. Coruña's A. Cillario swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball. M. Meissnitzer could have put Coruña up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 69 minutes. XAVI's L. Castelletti was shown a yellow card after 70 minutes for slicing down an opponent. R. Cerroa was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so Coruña's B. Yatuk had to come off the bench. There was concern in the stands when, at the 72 minute mark, XAVI's V. Kotlár hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. XAVI had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

The most dominating Coruña player was without a doubt R. Karu. B. Yatuk on the other hand, had a terrible day. M. Bäckbrant performed admirably for XAVI. However, E. Kläusli made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 0.