Giugliano 3 - 1 scwohlensee (364207255)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 1787 at LJ Grafic Arena today. Ellmar Jährlich was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Julijan Viler and Johannes Gerhardt Fally. A 5-2-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Giugliano. The following players had been chosen: Holvoet - Prešnjak, Baeten, Holm, Barroso, Laurnagaray - Amati, Arca - Bonastre, Guns, Conte.

scwohlensee tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Leinhäuser - Camirand, Grav, Coens - Savigny, Gács, Sasdelli, Wesendonk, Polansky - Machado, Ray.

Giugliano were relying on their ability to counter-attack. It was an obvious ambition of scwohlensee to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. U. Conte caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 7 minutes. This gave Giugliano the 1 - 0 lead. Giugliano solidified their lead at the 12 minute mark, as Y. Guns dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 2 - 0. Coming from the right, U. Conte almost managed to score another goal for Giugliano, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. After 34 minutes, D. Ray chose the right corner while taking his penalty, humiliating the home keeper, who dived in the wrong direction. The goal reduced the home lead to 2 - 1. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, A. Bonastre got himself booked. The manager of Giugliano was not happy. After 38 minutes Giugliano's Y. Guns had to be carried off on a stretcher in agony. T. Pergreffi came in to replace him. 2 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Giugliano, with 55 percent of the ball.

Giugliano put themselves up 3 - 1 when U. Conte broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. After 63 minutes, scwohlensee 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. J. Machado did attempt a finish, but from an awkward position, sending the ball into the away fans. scwohlensee breathed new life into the game with an opportunity to reduce the score after 64 minutes, but the home side's defenders cleared the ball on the line, after a long shot coming in from the left rebounded off the crossbar. Possession in this half belonged to scwohlensee, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

U. Conte performed admirably for Giugliano. On the other hand, S. Holvoet's play was disheartening. Most important scwohlensee player was D. Ray. H. Coens turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 1.