Estrella 2 - 2 Fiorentina (189509576)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 1918 had shown up at Arena Roja for the match. Johan Davidsson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Elmano Garcia and Hannes Corciulo. Estrella had chosen a strategic 5-3-2 formation. They fielded: Bruschi - Canhão, Diaconu, Ştefan, Gorgan, Driesen - Artwik, Diaconescu, Oltmans - Jännäri, Visoiu.

Fiorentina decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Pedrini - Sina, Goutidis, Fenger - Karli, Stapf, Regeer, Ghiberti, Fiesoli - Signoriello, Carmando.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Estrella. Estrella caught their opponents out with a clever counterattack down the right wing 2 minutes into the match. G. Artwik was able to finish off the move - 1 - 0. F. Gorgan hit the corner kick straight to the keeper, but it was mishandled, giving Estrella's G. Oltmans an easy chance to knock it in for 2 - 0. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Estrella lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. J. Canhão of Estrella was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Fiorentina had a fair chance to reply after 27 minutes due to some fine moves down the left, but in the end D. Ghiberti was slow to keep up with the play and was unable to make it into the penalty box to apply a finish. Estrella's defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 28 minutes gone, but J. Jännäri's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper. The home team's fans were upset when, after 34 minutes, the visiting A. Signoriello broke through the central defence and kicked the ball past the keeper. 2 - 1 was the score. 2 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Fiorentina, with 69 percent of the ball.

A really bad tackle inside the penalty area 51 minutes into the match gave the referee no other choice but to award the visiting Fiorentina a penalty. A. Carmando knocked it home. 2 - 2 Fiorentina's L. Karli was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 67 minutes. F. Bruschi looked great 68 minutes into the match after stopping a shot from the middle of the penalty area from the visitors' F. Goutidis. Fiorentina enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 71 percent of possession.

Most important Estrella player was J. Canhão. However, G. Oltmans made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Fiorentina player was without a doubt K. Regeer. A. Pedrini turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 2.