Dragon 0 - 6 Montebbono (365990734)

19898 punters turned up at O Dragão, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Karlludwig Schabenberger was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Murat Bari and Luigino Governini. Dragon decided to use a 5-3-2 set up. Starters: Giménez - Weber, Franks, Margutti, Crăciun, Ionescu - Verri, Altmark, Bangga - Brinkley, Jafet.

Montebbono tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: Piana - Nouche, Di Gioia, Spompato, Gunnarsson - Madsen, Tedde, Fagnini, Serafini - Sabljić, Vallorani.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Dragon. The guests took the lead 2 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in M. Nouche scoring to make it 0 - 1. After 4 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave P. Vallorani a chance to increase the lead for Montebbono, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 2. By now, the players in Montebbono felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. D. Weber always provides an aerial threat at corners, and with 12 minutes gone, he demonstrated this, outjumping his marker, then letting out an anguished howl as his powerful header went narrowly wide. G. Spompato wanted to play on, but the Montebbono coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 15 minutes into the game by U. Bilato. M. Nouche increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 3. The home crowd cheered when, after 24 minutes, P. Vallorani's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. Good work by the Dragon defensive line after 25 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found T. Altmark alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. It was 0 - 3 at the break. Montebbono had most of the ball, with 84 percent of possession.

K. Sabljić came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over S. Giménez but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. With 61 minutes played, Montebbono put themselves up 0 - 4 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was K. Sabljić. The home keeper was stunned 76 minutes into the match when he misjudged the free kick by V. Tedde and dived in the wrong direction. The visitors increased the lead to 0 - 5. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave U. Bilato from Montebbono a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 78 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! After 79 minutes, Montebbono's K. Sabljić burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 6. Montebbono enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 86 percent of possession.

F. Brinkley performed admirably for Dragon. However, S. Giménez made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Montebbono player was without a doubt V. Tedde. A. Gunnarsson was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 6.