Viet cong 3 - 2 Admiral (377926401)

55000 spectators arrived at Duyên Hải Stadium, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Othmar Osterwalder was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jean-Paul Seinen and Román Azcárate. Viet cong decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. The following players took the field: Aponkus - Pavón, Tate - Barr, Brett, Blazon, Thurbrand, Łoś - Garriott, Vass, Schawand.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Admiral. They fielded: Gomez - Attenberger, Scharein, Levkovic - Serin, Morgan, Karstensen, Fortune, Álvarez - Kittelberger, Renault.

The visiting R. Kittelberger was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 3 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. After 21 minutes, Admiral's H. Scharein burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 2. X. Barr challenged the visitors' central defence eagerly, producing a good chance 27 minutes into the game as he went for a through ball. But, as so many times before, the guests' defensive efforts got the best of it. Always a threat, T. Serin tore past his marker and placed the ball right at the feet of the waiting V. Renault who should have easily scored for Admiral, but the ball went wide. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, A. Levkovic would have put Admiral up another goal 34 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. 36 minutes in, Viet cong's R. Blazon received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. H. Scharein of Admiral had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. R. Blom came in to finish the match. 0 - 2 was the score after the first half. Viet cong enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.

Viet cong's J. Thurbrand cut towards the middle after 52 minutes, receiving a brilliant pass and slicing through the visiting team's central defence, reducing the lead to 1 - 2. A good free kick by B. Tate would have scored the equaliser for Viet cong, had it not been for the dramatic save by the visitors' goalkeeper. D. Morgan wanted to play on, but the Admiral coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 61 minutes into the game by P. Andrieux. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Viet cong's X. Barr was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 70 minutes. C. Stewarton was given a chance to change things around. Viet cong's D. Garriott made an attempt at equalising 79 minutes into the match, coming in from the right, but the ball hit the post and the defence easily cleared the rebound. With a shot curled in from just outside the middle of the penalty area after 80 minutes played, O. Pavón of Viet cong made the score 2 - 2. With the match clock at 81 minutes, Admiral modified their style of play a little bit. After 81 minutes, the Admiral coach had a quick word about the tactical set-up and decided to try another approach. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Viet cong, with 54 percent of the ball.

After the regular 90 minutes, the agony of extra time followed. The suddenness of the Viet cong's W. Schawand's pass to D. Garriott after 96 minutes caught the opposition wrong-footed, and they could only watch as the ball sailed home for 3 - 2. With that Viet cong had won the game in extra time. Viet cong's top performer was clearly D. Garriott. C. Stewarton on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Admiral player was without a doubt R. Kittelberger. However, R. Blom made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 2.