1a. ACF Fiorentina (ITA) - Grasshoppers Zürich (SUI) 2:1

03-11-1998; Salerno; 20:45; Stadio comunale Arechi; Att: 40.000
A.C. FIORENTINA FLORENCE (ITA) - GRASSHOPPER-CLUB ZÜRICH (SUI) 2-1 (2-1)
Referee:Michel Piraux (BEL)
Assistans:Marcel Mallach, Luc Rems (BEL)
Goals: 1-0 LUÍS Airton Barroso OLIVEIRA 12; 1-1 Mats Gren 30; 2-1 LUÍS Airton Barroso OLIVEIRA 38.
A.C. FIORENTINA (coach: Giovanni “Trap” Trapattoni):
Francesco Toldo, Tomáš Řepka, Moreno Torricelli, Aldo Firicano, Gabriel Omar “Batigol” BATISTUTA, RUI Manuel César COSTA, EDMUNDO “Animal” Alves de Souza Neto, Jörg Heinrich, Giulio Falcone, Christian Amoroso, LUÍS Airton Barroso OLIVEIRA.
GRASSHOPPER-CLUB (coach: Rolf Fringer):
Pascal Zuberbühler, Bernt Haas, Mats Gren, Mihai Tararache, Giuseppe Mazzarelli, Alexandre Comisetti, Avi Tikva, Mihail Kavelashvili, Johann Vogel, Patrick De Napoli, Ricardo Cabanas-Rey.
Y-CARDS: 33 - Giulio Falcone (A.C. FIORENTINA); 28 - Ricardo Cabanas-Rey (GRASSHOPPER-CLUB).
NOTE: Game interrupted at halftime because the fourth referee was hit by a firecracker thrown from the stands. Later, UEFA expelled A.C. Fiorentina from the competition alleging that the security in the stadium was their full resposibility, and awarded a 0-3 w.o. to Grasshopper-Club.