Salario 3 - 1 Calipso (381695036)

The 24000 spectators at Robert Nesta Marley di Nuovo Salario were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Wolfgang Krebs was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Hafiz bin Mohamad and Jørgen Warming. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Salario. They fielded: D'Aprile - Bakken, Aman, Plöger - Pérez, Jung Laursen, Johnsen, Behaegel, Campolmi - Achileopoulos, Novev.

Calipso tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. Lineup: Alt - Frani, Malkendorf - van Bronckhorst, Narcone, Sydänmaa, Patrício, Grumelli - Marcioni, D'Anna, Moscardino.

T. Johnsen gave Salario the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 Salario put in a good effort on the right, but S. Achileopoulos saw his volley fly wide of the mark 18 minutes into the game. T. Jung Laursen unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. Cheers filled the stadium as G. Behaegel broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to Salario. It was 2 - 0 at the break. Salario enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 59 percent of possession.

S. Bakken wanted to play on, but the Salario coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 57 minutes into the game by M. Horvei. T. Plöger could have increased the lead after 61 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. The home team's fans were upset when, after 72 minutes, the visiting J. Malkendorf broke through the central defence and kicked the ball past the keeper. 2 - 1 was the score. The visitors kept the pressure on to tie the game when, after 76 minutes, P. D'Anna broke through the centre and found himself alone with the keeper. L. D'Aprile made a great block, though. After 78 minutes, A. Novev put Salario ahead 3 - 1 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Salario, with 60 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Salario player was without a doubt S. Achileopoulos. R. Campolmi was a disappointment, however. Most important Calipso player was R. Moscardino. W. van Bronckhorst on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 1.