LHA 0 - 4 Traktor (362936725)

1474 spectators had come to Kick Ass Park this cloudy day. Christophe Mora was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mirko Huikuri and Georg Mandl. The match took place on neutral ground. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for LHA. The following players had been chosen: Ervin - Pati, Rheinheimer, Melvang - Maimó, Blaziano, Csapos, Berg, Iaşcenco - Haudenschild, Outzen.

Traktor had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Seland - Rasmussen, Espírito Santo, Limberger - Rath-Friis, Christensen, Gual, Hennef, Magleby - Azcarate, Guerrero.

After 25 minutes, Traktor put themselves up 0 - 1, as N. Espírito Santo finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. After 29 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave T. Magleby a chance to increase the lead for Traktor, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 2. After this, you could see that the players of Traktor were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, C. Guerrero got himself booked. The manager of Traktor was not happy. After 33 minutes, Traktor's F. Azcarate burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 3. 34 minutes in, the unpredictable S. Outzen of LHA turned and curled the ball towards goal, but it flew inches wide of the post, almost taking out a member of the crowd! The home crowd cheered when, after 35 minutes, L. Rath-Friis's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. It was 0 - 3 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Traktor, with 63 percent of the ball.

Traktor increased their lead after 64 minutes when C. Guerrero broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 4, much to the home crowd's dismay. LHA's D. Melvang managed a superb strike from the left after 70 minutes that would have left goalkeeper H. Seland without a chance, had it not hit the post. The home side worked hard to get through the middle and as a result, had a good chance of getting one back as V. Maimó tried lifting the ball over keeper H. Seland. Unfortunately, the ball went just over the bar. Possession in this half belonged to Traktor, who controlled the ball 61 percent of the time.

LHA's best player was N. Haudenschild. M. Pati was a disappointment, however. Traktor's top performer was clearly F. Azcarate. H. Hennef on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 4.