Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and El Campo Santo saw a crowd turnout of 2247. Brian Allemann was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Maurizio Holzinger and Luuk Samson. Deportivo tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: Giphart - Afonso, Dorrepaal, Ðurić, Balder - Slikboer, Bernlef, Kovačević, Tollens, Feloaga - van Hulst.

Düsseldorf decided to use a 5-3-2 set up. They fielded: Berty - Ouzounidis, Biascica, Negri, Rosenberg-Lipinsky, Behrmann - Felekis, Camelo, Dufaj - Hudekamp, Aravantinos.

For their match strategy, Deportivo had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. Deportivo could have put themselves ahead after 17 minutes but R. van Hulst missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. After 18 minutes Düsseldorf tried to exploit their counterattacking skills, unfortunately, M. Rosenberg-Lipinsky's shot sailed wide after his break down the right. R. Camelo really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal following a great play by M. Rosenberg-Lipinsky after a corner. After 27 minutes, R. Negri sent the corner kick right to B. Biascica who headed it sharply past the keeper. 0 - 1! The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to Deportivo, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

An indecisive keeper looked on as a free kick by Düsseldorf's R. Negri put the visitors up 0 - 2 after 58 minutes. A misunderstanding between the visitors' keeper K. Berty and his left defence could have resulted in a goal for Deportivo, but L. Kovačević's finish was way too lame. Deportivo enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 56 percent of possession.

Most important Deportivo player was E. Bernlef. On the other hand, F. Giphart's play was disheartening. R. Negri performed admirably for Düsseldorf. K. Berty was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 2.