CSKA 3 - 1 giugliano (365990695)

52220 spectators had come to Bottecchia this cloudy day. Martín Alcoba was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Henryk Grabara and Aigar Ruut. CSKA tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. They fielded: Kudelić - Epskamp, Abbema, Pfeifer, Studler - Gabmayer, Ionascu, Weissensteiner, Ptitsin - Gocht, Wikstrøm.

giugliano decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. Lineup: Reppó - Chiappi, Braža, Dicannavò - 友 (You), Desautez, Guizaburoaga, Molnár - Gattesco, Rodenberg, Fredriksson.

CSKA fans held their breath as J. Weissensteiner scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! After 33 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and U. Gocht gave the CSKA supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 2 - 0. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to CSKA, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

Although the whole team were struggling to impress, giugliano's I. Desautez was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 48 minutes. C. Stelea was given a chance to change things around. With 58 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock, giugliano showed some good skill and were able to reduce the score to 2 - 1 when C. Stelea got past the home side's central defenders right in front of the goal. U. Reppó was caught napping as R. Studler lifted a ball over him following a free kick, but the ball hit the bar, rebounding into the keeper's arms. J. Epskamp left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 71 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. A. Gunnarsson was the replacement. D. Ionascu looked like he could fly, as he rose high to head the ball. Unfortunately for CSKA, the ball went just barely wide. giugliano's C. Stelea got himself booked for a foul. Cheers filled the stadium as K. Abbema broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 1 to CSKA. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by CSKA, with 58 percent of the ball.

The most dominating CSKA player was without a doubt H. Wikstrøm. A. Gunnarsson was a disappointment, however. K. Rodenberg performed admirably for giugliano. On the other hand, M. Dicannavò's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 1.