Bucciano 2 - 1 betto (350915382)

15540 punters turned up at taurn arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Kalle Egede was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ado Viisemann and Kjell Paulsen. Bucciano started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. Starters: Omino - Campestrini, Vicente, Vallianatos, Zyka - Gambelli, Gallina, Jaho, Polsi, Roett - Fedel.

A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for betto. They fielded: Muñoz - Süer, da Rocha - Petrucci, Estornell Campos, Perelló, Manzaneda, Petretto - Limroth, Galasso, Oliverio.

Bucciano saw most attack opportunities on the wings. betto used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. betto's P. Limroth was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 4 minutes. The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when M. Galasso was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 10 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! M. Polsi hit the corner kick straight to the keeper, but it was mishandled, giving Bucciano's M. Campestrini an easy chance to knock it in for 1 - 0. With 37 minutes played, N. Petretto of betto fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Players in Bucciano heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. Bucciano managed to extend their lead to 2 - 0 when O. Jaho cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. When P. Limroth made yet another studs-first tackle after 39 minutes, the referee was obliged to book the betto player for the second time, sending him off the pitch. The player down was P. Zyka. The Bucciano bench looked worried for a while, but in the end he managed to get up. After 41 minutes, betto were awarded a free kick. Rather than shooting straight at goal, the taker went for an indirect variant which seemed to take his team mates a bit by surprise. A. Oliverio did attempt a finish, but from an awkward position, sending the ball into the away fans. betto's J. Manzaneda tried his best to narrow the score with a well placed free kick, but it wasn't quite good enough and M. Omino managed to block the shot. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by betto, with 57 percent of the ball.

betto were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. A bit later, betto's N. Petretto easily reduced the lead to 2 - 1 after a misunderstanding in the home side's central defence. Bucciano's O. Jaho got himself booked for a foul. Unfortunately for betto, E. Perelló was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. J. Ceresna replaced him. J. Manzaneda became the new betto captain. betto had a chance to level the score as N. Petretto suddenly found himself free in the middle of the box with only the keeper to beat, but he misjudged the finish, and only managed to hit the bar. Coming from the right, O. Jaho almost managed to score another goal for Bucciano, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. Possession in this half belonged to betto, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

The most dominating Bucciano player was without a doubt O. Jaho. P. Zyka was a disappointment, however. M. Galasso performed admirably for betto. J. Manzaneda turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 1.