Tao-yuan 0 - 7 Xanthic (364963776)

Dark skies made the crowd of 7000 at Tao-yuan Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Ralph Vetsch was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Denny Bisschoff and Jüri Rae. Tao-yuan decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Starters: Ming-yuan - Se-hong, Quon, Jung-Ho, Thien-Minh - Teik-How, Hee-Beom, Hong-gil, Qui-Li - Keng-Beng, Thanh-Thanh.

Xanthic had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Važić - Haud, Ribera Egea, Bukkems - Holliger, 暉善 (Huishan), 世凡 (Shifan), Hamers, Rodríguez - 南 (Nan), 效寶 (Xiaobao).

2 minutes into the game, C. Ribera Egea almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 9 minutes allowed 薛. 效寶 (Xiaobao) to score for Xanthic. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1. After 13 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave M. Haud a chance to increase the lead for Xanthic, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 2. The visitors' M. Rodríguez took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 14 minutes into the match. 0 - 3 for Xanthic. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Xanthic lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Halftime score was 0 - 3. Xanthic had most of the ball, with 64 percent of possession.

The home crowd was not impressed when A. Holliger came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 58 minutes. Xanthic were now up 0 - 4. 68 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 5 as 薛. 效寶 (Xiaobao) finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave C. Ribera Egea from Xanthic a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 80 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! With 81 minutes played, Xanthic put themselves up 0 - 6 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was M. Haud. Tao-yuan made sure of not letting M. Rodríguez succeed with his speed. When an opportunity appeared for him, as it did 83 minutes into the game, speedy C. Se-hong came to the rescue and stopped the attack. After 84 minutes, Xanthic's G. Bukkems burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 7. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Xanthic, with 65 percent of the ball.

Most important Tao-yuan player was N. Thanh-Thanh. W. Jung-Ho on the other hand, had a terrible day. 薛. 效寶 (Xiaobao) performed admirably for Xanthic. However, A. Holliger made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 7.