e crowd of 5129 turning up at Borbor Arena today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Grigore Dinu was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Manuel Eito and Stephan Tomfohrde. Kaganat tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Topchubayev - Reckermann, Samaganov, Touro - Chukhontsev, Bedel Uulu, Ortyakov, Orozaliev, Ilyaz Uulu - Rustamov, Arzybaev.

Grilled started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Bao-Tam - Fjällbratt, Seng-Huat, Alcántara, Deme - Chowdhury, Edmond, Mirchev, Tuan-Mu, Penati - Hjortlind.

Kaganat saw most attack opportunities on the wings. After 2 minutes, Timur Chukhontsev came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to put away the 1 - 0 goal, giving Kaganat the lead. Uluk Rustamov had a fantastic opportunity to put Kaganat up another goal 14 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. Satar Samaganov increased Kaganat's lead to 2 - 0, putting a header away on a hooked ball from the right. With 21 minutes played, Kaganat put themselves up 3 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to Islam Ilyaz Uulu, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Grilled reduced the score after 27 minutes to 3 - 1 as Ivaylo Mirchev easily chipped the ball past the home side's keeper after a dazzling play from the right. Halftime score was 3 - 1. Kaganat held the ball, with a clear 60 percent of possession.

Uluk Rustamov gave Kaganat supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 4 - 1 after 54 minutes, following a good exchange of passes on the right that the away team failed to deal with. At this point in the game, defending their lead became the main priority for Kaganat. Kaganat managed to extend their lead to 5 - 1 when Islam Ilyaz Uulu cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. Kaganat added another goal to their lead as Yaroslav Ortyakov struck home the 6 - 1 goal after an attack from the left set him up unmarked in front of the keeper. 80 minutes in, Kaganat's Ricardinho Touro received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Kaganat scored another to make it 7 - 1 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for Yaroslav Ortyakov after 84 minutes. Kaganat put themselves up 8 - 1 when Islam Ilyaz Uulu broke through on the right, leaving the entire defensive box behind him. At that, Islam Ilyaz Uulu was noted down for a hat trick. Kaganat's Satar Samaganov left the field after 88 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was Néstor Sevilla. This half belonged to Kaganat, who controlled the ball 60 percent of the time.

Kaganat's top performer was clearly Islam Ilyaz Uulu. Néstor Sevilla on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Grilled player was without a doubt Ulf Hjortlind. Lan Tuan-Mu was a disappointment, however. The match ends 8 - 1.