ViVa 0 - 0 united (364088380)

1235 punters turned up at Eugenio ed Enrico Canfari, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Yonathan Heintze was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rob Rummens and Krzysztof Jerszczak. ViVa started off with a 5-5-0 lineup. Lineup: Ercolini - Fuliano, Zenzola, Majer, Fontana, Pizzuto - Pecetti, Mazzei, Cusaro, Verde, Lalić -.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for united. The following players had been chosen: Zamperini - Campagna, Hornbergs, Averescu - Behren, Meir, Kraemer, Mohite, Manjani - Anders, Bernardelli.

Slack defending gave ViVa a chance to take the lead with 13 minutes played, but N. Majer's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. united's E. Behren got himself booked for a foul. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. united enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 62 percent of possession.

M. Verde would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. S. Fronte entered the game for ViVa as the match clock showed 46 minutes. The cannonball from 35 metres by F. Fuliano of ViVa was an impressive sight, but didn't make it into the net. 72 minutes into the game, ViVa seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a excellent level of organisation. united claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 64 percent.

ViVa's best player was S. Fronte. However, G. Pizzuto made a disastrous appearance. united's top performer was clearly S. Kraemer. F. Campagna was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 0.