Nothing 1 - 1 Paltana (365996025)

38740 spectators arrived at Money For All, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Patrik P. Flinkmar was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mats Antonsson and Boldizsár Berke. Nothing decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Marescotti - Juc, Patrizi, Basso - Woo Ki, Vecchio, Partipilo, Taormina, Tsymbal - Calvelli, Vilian.

Paltana started off with a 4-3-3 lineup. They fielded: Gouveia - Borgerink, Bilotta, Miolato, Gancedo - Brusasco, Fontanarosa, Zoff - Pinsino, Adad, Freienohl.

For their match strategy, Paltana had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. G. Patrizi's lack of experience almost gave Paltana a goal after 36 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. Nothing's N. Calvelli tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. With the clock showing 39 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of Paltana resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by Q. Adad in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. 40 minutes into the game, Q. Adad had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. With 42 minutes played, R. Partipilo of Nothing fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. It was 0 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Nothing, who controlled the ball 66 percent of the time.

Nothing's G. Taormina was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 52 minutes. The referee showed Nothing's C. Juc the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. F. Brusasco was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so Paltana's Ş. Kırdağ had to come off the bench. The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 82 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from M. Tsymbal, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. Paltana tied it all up, 83 minutes in, after a spectacular goal by Q. Adad, who miraculously broke through the home side's central defence, making it 1 - 1. Nothing claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 68 percent.

The most dominating Nothing player was without a doubt M. Tsymbal. G. Patrizi on the other hand, had a terrible day. F. Pinsino performed admirably for Paltana. On the other hand, V. Borgerink's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 1.