catania 4 - 0 A-Macht (365255687)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 45749 at heaven garden today. Sobiesław Kręcichwost was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ehud Goldwasser and Declan Adie. catania had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players took the field: Tännler - Liker, Hrol, Tessaro-Eggerstorfer, Gartengang - Udvaros, Mettes, Pintilie, Ebel - Canali, Gugler.

A 5-3-2 alignment was the formation of choice for A-Macht. The following players had been chosen: Palomino - Sultan, Mantovski, Marmelstein, Knabben, Tchernyak - Chang Hee, Waxman, Baumgarte - Lunenburg, Landsmann.

catania were relying on their ability to counter-attack. A-Macht clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. Making his way up the middle 4 minutes into the match, A. Liker almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert Á. Palomino blocked it to keep the score level. Good work by the A-Macht defensive line after 22 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found J. Lunenburg alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. C. Canali's lightning pace was too much for R. Marmelstein who could only look on as the catania player blasted one home. 1 - 0. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. C. Canali squirmed through their central defence after 28 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. 2 - 0 was the score after the first half. catania claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 70 percent.

With 48 minutes played, catania's X. Mettes almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. catania put themselves up 3 - 0 when T. Pintilie broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. Confident in their lead, catania's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. The bench was restless, and with 70 minutes passed A-Macht's coach gave S. Combes the opportunity the player had been hoping for. R. Knabben reluctantly left the field. As the captain was no longer on the pitch, Á. Palomino took over the role of being the A-Macht captain. With their counter attack move halted 70 minutes into the game, A-Macht were left with a free kick. The ball is passed straight through to the other end of the penalty area, with hopes for it to reach J. Chang Hee. However, he didn't have his wits about him and the ball went out. catania's C. Canali increased the lead to 4 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 77 minutes. By then C. Canali had scored three goals - a hat trick! Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by catania, with 72 percent of the ball.

catania's top performer was clearly A. Gugler. A. Liker was a disappointment, however. A-Macht's best player was Y. Mantovski. L. Landsmann turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 0.