Melbourne 0 - 3 Yeovil (379346918)

802 spectators arrived at Hillsborough Park, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Antonio Mastalia was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Anton Kyhlholt and Hugo Costa. Melbourne decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Starters: Paiva - Stravocheris, Jousmäki, Woe, de Beuker - Hernesniemi, McGrady, Lančić, Brener - Teodorof, Juntumaa.

Yeovil started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Eaves - Stapley, Hawker, Grégoire - Yohpaz, Ebbinge, Bô Na, Longhurst, Nowak - Coulson, Tatangelo.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Melbourne. The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when V. Nowak was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 4 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! Yeovil's V. Nowak managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 7 minutes. 0 - 1. A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area with a goal nearly scored by V. Grégoire. At last, Yeovil's N. Bô Na was able to backheel the ball in. 0 - 2. M. Stapley could have put his team up another goal 15 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from C. Longhurst after 22 minutes, and prevented Yeovil from going up another goal. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 2. Yeovil claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 68 percent.

Yeovil increased their lead after 47 minutes when V. Grégoire broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 3, much to the home crowd's dismay. F. Paiva kept the home side in the game with a magnificent save when C. Longhurst delivered an almost perfect free kick to the far post. After 61 minutes, Yeovil were awarded a free kick. Rather than shooting straight at goal, the taker went for an indirect variant which seemed to take his team mates a bit by surprise. V. Nowak did attempt a finish, but from an awkward position, sending the ball into the away fans. E. Tatangelo was, after 68 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper F. Paiva made the save. Melbourne needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 70 minutes N. Teodorof made way for M. Maitena. With 70 minutes played, the Melbourne coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. S. Morgan came on, E. Hernesniemi had to leave the fray. After the ball was lifted in from the left, N. Bô Na was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 72 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. Possession in this half belonged to Yeovil, who controlled the ball 64 percent of the time.

The most dominating Melbourne player was without a doubt D. McGrady. K. Jousmäki on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Yeovil player was C. Longhurst. On the other hand, V. Grégoire's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 3.