United 0 - 2 Bloques (378880890)

2413 punters turned up at Veretum Apuliae, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Albert Esteban was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Magnus Fogelen and Heikki Söderblom. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for United. The following players took the field: Sottani - Falconio, Ruvo, Sylvestre, Mondani - Loccioni, Cavani, D'Onofrio, Calda - Caldana, Tafakis.

Bloques had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Alsmann - Deraedt, Giannazza, Thöner - Mladenov, Espejo, Corta, Fanfara, Tartas - Sainte-Rose, Ciprus.

J. Espejo had a good opportunity to give Bloques the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. Down the middle came K. Thöner, making a fantastic play that nearly had Bloques take the lead after 6 minutes, but C. Sottani preserved the tie. After 7 minutes, Bloques's V. Ciprus made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. United's F. Cavani was shown a yellow card after 10 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, V. Ciprus would have put Bloques up another goal 12 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. Halftime score was 0 - 1. Bloques had most of the ball, with 60 percent of possession.

After 54 minutes of game time, F. Giannazza had an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors' lead, clipping a volley hooked in from the right, but C. Sottani was in the right place and tipped the ball over for a corner. A drive down the left side allowed A. Tartas to get in close and score another goal for Bloques after 80 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to Bloques, who controlled the ball 61 percent of the time.

Most important United player was P. Caldana. However, S. Falconio made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Bloques player was without a doubt S. Fanfara. A. Tartas was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 2.