Viet cong 8 - 2 Vodikavkaz (393412263)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 60000 at Duyên Hải Stadium today. Carlos Montenegro was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Yousif Mansoury and Jos Langeraet. Viet cong tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Aponkus - Tate, Sibert, Kelday - Stewarton, Thurbrand, Brett, Blazon, Łoś - Vass, Garriott.

Vodikavkaz had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. The following players took the field: Gerstmayer - Bruce, Valenzano - Neyer, Yersüren, Colas, Messineo, Ðapić - Palm, Borthock, Manso Tabernero.

Viet cong's B. Tate tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 7 minutes into the match left Vodikavkaz's G. Borthock completely free to score. 0 - 1 for the visitors. Viet cong's Ł. Łoś put his head to a well placed ball, lifted in from the left, and scored to make the score 1 - 1 with 11 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock. The home side put themselves ahead 2 - 1 after 31 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from D. Garriott, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Viet cong scored another to make it 3 - 1 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for C. Stewarton after 39 minutes. Halftime score was 3 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Viet cong, with 58 percent of the ball.

The coach of Viet cong was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 46 minutes, X. Barr came on for Ł. Łoś. The bench was restless, and with 46 minutes passed Vodikavkaz's coach gave L. Urcharde the opportunity the player had been hoping for. G. Colas reluctantly left the field. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. D. Garriott squirmed through their central defence after 47 minutes, increasing the lead to 4 - 1. Viet cong put themselves up 5 - 1 when B. Tate broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. With 69 minutes played, J. Palm had a fantastic opportunity to reply but his shot flew harmlessly into the side-netting of the goal. After 70 minutes, A. Vass put Viet cong ahead 6 - 1 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. The players of Viet cong now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Viet cong managed to extend their lead to 7 - 1 when D. Garriott cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. That made three goals for D. Garriott and he was marked down for the hat trick. Vodikavkaz managed to reduce the score to 7 - 2 as K. Bruce finished off a well-played combination from the left, easily carving through the defence. D. Garriott increased the lead for Viet cong to 8 - 2, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! Viet cong claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.

Most important Viet cong player was D. Garriott. On the other hand, X. Barr's play was disheartening. The most dominating Vodikavkaz player was without a doubt J. Palm. However, T. Gerstmayer made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 8 - 2.