Argentia 1 - 6 Viola (392818346)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 32100 to Argentia Arena. Joel Häll was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Aleksander Sass and Laurits Østergaard. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Argentia. Starters: Muscas - Fogels, Caramaschi - Lazzerini, Pasolini, Rodríguez, Bartoloni, Maeran - Taverinier, Milana, Rocchi.

Viola had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Buffon - Aversano, Blardone, Moosegger - Mandragallo, Carluccio, Pestarino, Tasanen, Fasano - Maranga, Perra.

Viola tried to focus their attacks down the middle. Argentia broke through on the left 10 minutes into the game, with C. Pasolini firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead. The visitors didn't give in and, after 17 minutes, G. Perra got through the home side's central line of defence, rolling in the equaliser to make it 1 - 1. Argentia created a good opportunity to score 29 minutes into the match when C. Pasolini's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. After 31 minutes S. Maranga made a speedy advance and dropped the ball to G. Perra who shuffled it past the keeper. The score was now 1 - 2. The referee showed Viola's M. Blardone the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. S. Maranga hit the corner kick straight to the keeper, but it was mishandled, giving Viola's M. Pestarino an easy chance to knock it in for 1 - 3. C. Pasolini charged down the left and looked sure to score for Argentia 39 minutes into the game, but his shot went just wide. The visitors' M. Pestarino took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 42 minutes into the match. 1 - 4 for Viola. Halftime score was 1 - 4. Possession in this half belonged to Viola, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

Viola had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. G. Perra received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 63 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 1 - 5. The Viola fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. This third goal completed a hattrick for G. Perra. By now, the players in Viola felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. After 83 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed S. Maranga to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 1 - 6. Viola enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

Argentia's best player was L. Rodríguez. G. Muscas was a disappointment, however. Most important Viola player was G. Perra. However, C. Mandragallo made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 6.