Canà 1 - 1 CurvaSud1973 (381746058)

28165 fans braved the pouring rain at Canà F.C Arena. Knud-Peter Dorpusch was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Felipe Torrent and Cristian Aresu. Canà started off with a 2-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Van Steenberge - Graziuso, Mazzolani - Säynäjäkangas, Dermendzhiev, Bizzini, Gorissen, Bleuer - Gessl, Banchelli.

CurvaSud1973 tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Buliga - Klinterberg, Kosto, Howell - Milon, Burioni, Huyghe, Smith, Hegedűs - Frankowski, Gauthier.

4 minutes in, Canà appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only weak. Canà took the lead, 1 - 0, after a penalty 8 minutes into the match. J. Gorissen scored from the penalty spot. After 20 minutes Canà's M. Bleuer limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. O. Säynäjäkangas was struggling to make the ball dance with his usual trickery and panache, and the opposing players had little trouble shutting him down in these muddy conditions. A great save by keeper V. Buliga after 25 minutes kept the visitors in the game after J. Gorissen struck from the left with a real cannonball. M. Bleuer did not have a good day today, often losing his footing on the muddy pitch. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to Canà, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that Canà had solid organisation. Thighs bulging, R. Banchelli charged past the weaker players, seemingly oblivious to the rain. 55 minutes into the game, Canà seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a inadequate level of organisation. G. Mazzolani could have increased the lead after 56 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. 62 minutes into the game, Canà seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to inadequate. The visitors didn't give in and, after 84 minutes, M. Gauthier got through the home side's central line of defence, rolling in the equaliser to make it 1 - 1. Canà's O. Säynäjäkangas left the field after 87 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was G. Santilicheri. After 89 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Canà found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to poor. CurvaSud1973 claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

Canà's top performer was clearly P. Dermendzhiev. However, G. Santilicheri made a disastrous appearance. C. Frankowski performed admirably for CurvaSud1973. On the other hand, B. Milon's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 1.