United 1 - 2 Nacional (393128379)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 2291 had shown up at Barbera Bowl for the match. Petar Anteljević was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Nicasio Viñas and Antoine Bot. United tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. They fielded: Simonsson - Giussani, Le Blevec, Mastrota, Marche - Russomando, Aimetti, Burgemeester, Karlsson, Voiculescu - Reekers.

Nacional started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Van Turnhout - Staudinger, Sundstrøm, Nemolotov, Tóbiás - Peregrino, Lescano, Aquino, Schatte - Carve Urioste, Gómez.

United clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. The corner kick from A. Peregrino was powerfully met by the head of D. Gómez to make the score 0 - 1. With a shot curled in from just outside the middle of the penalty area after 16 minutes played, A. Karlsson of United made the score 1 - 1. The visiting V. Nemolotov was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 20 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 1 - 2 was the score. After 27 minutes United tried to exploit their counterattacking skills, unfortunately, G. Reekers's shot sailed wide after his break down the right. The home crowd cheered when, after 39 minutes, C. Schatte's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. 1 - 2 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to Nacional, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

After 60 minutes, United switched F. Burgemeester with O. Parisse, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. With 60 minutes played, after a good run down the left, G. Aimetti went down looking for a penalty after a challenge from the visitors' right fullback, but the referee waved play on, and later warned him for diving. Possession of the ball saw an equal split between the teams during the forty-five minutes.

The most dominating United player was without a doubt O. Parisse. On the other hand, G. Le Blevec's play was disheartening. Most important Nacional player was V. Lescano. V. Nemolotov was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 2.