Madrid 1 - 4 Heliopolis (393113795)

Due to an all-day shower, 980 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at Santiago Bernabéu. Diego Alcañiz Gimeno was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Dario Vallone and Anssi Mikkotervo. Madrid started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Urić - Solar, Martínez Sanz, Nembhard - 山本 (Yamamoto), Külaots, Kovačević, Cimorosi, Schmidhofer - Rosas, Morgado.

Heliopolis tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Sabag - Smolarz, Langhout, Tavoletti - Venemans, Milanic, Cumberland, Reighart, Loera - Ozores, Raith.

Madrid demonstrated their creative tactics on the field. Heliopolis took the lead 7 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. R. Ozores was the scorer. 9 minutes into the game, Heliopolis's R. Ozores surprised the visitors with a raking cross-field pass to M. Raith who easily found the back of the net, making the score 0 - 2. B. Schmidhofer's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert F. Morgado was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for Madrid. 1 - 2. B. Schmidhofer of Madrid was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Z. Tavoletti could have added one to the visitors' lead if his free kick had gone just a little lower. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, M. Raith would have put Heliopolis up another goal 31 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. The visitors' R. Ozores took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 33 minutes into the match. 1 - 3 for Heliopolis. It was 1 - 3 at the break. Heliopolis enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 68 percent of possession.

As the game started to slip away for Madrid, the manager decided to change the tactical approach. The Madrid players listened closely to their manager, as he gave new tactical instructions for the team. The referee showed Madrid's D. Martínez Sanz the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The Madrid coach was desperate to reverse his team's fortunes in the game, and ordered his team to change strategy. The muddy pitch made the game a gritty affair, which seemed to suit M. Raith just fine. After 67 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave M. Raith a chance to increase the lead for Heliopolis, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 1 - 4. The players of Heliopolis now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. M. Raith could have put his team up another goal 69 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post. R. Cumberland dispatched a majestic long shot 74 minutes into the match, but missed the goal by a few metres. After 80 minutes, Madrid used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. Possession in this half belonged to Heliopolis, who controlled the ball 62 percent of the time.

The most dominating Madrid player was without a doubt D. Kovačević. 将. 山本 (Yamamoto) on the other hand, had a terrible day. Heliopolis's top performer was clearly M. Raith. S. Venemans turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 4.