Pantalej 3 - 0 Bremudas (392914166)

2301 punters turned up at Pantelejski eldorado, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Didier Bernardon was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Bjørn-Ole Bjørn and Manfred Burgold. Pantalej had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Stević - Rzucidło, Kiković, Ćetojević - Grant, Krkić, Simović, Marić, Mrnjavčević - Mwisaka, Kustudić.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Bremudas. Starters: Benavidez - Alfama, Nagel, Bocija - Tavus, Nadal, Marciano, Mutum, Malerba - Maaskant, Márquez.

Bremudas mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. After 9 minutes, N. Grant came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving Pantalej the lead. After 26 minutes, N. Grant put Pantalej ahead 2 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. Bremudas had a fair chance to reply after 27 minutes due to some fine moves down the left, but in the end S. Maaskant was slow to keep up with the play and was unable to make it into the penalty box to apply a finish. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Pantalej to 3 - 0 as L. Kustudić finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Pantalej lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. 3 - 0 was the halftime score. Bremudas claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

Possession in this half belonged to Bremudas, who controlled the ball 60 percent of the time.

A. Rzucidło performed admirably for Pantalej. However, O. Stević made a disastrous appearance. Bremudas's best player was M. Nagel. Z. Malerba on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 0.