Banzai 0 - 2 Sporting (366004630)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and La tana del drago saw a crowd turnout of 17936. Emmanuel Pomatta was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Andreas Hablützel and Hilbert Asselijn. Banzai tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Badani - Shell, Marchetta, Escobedo - Majstorović, Bodurksi, Kienbink, Panichi, Rivera - De Mita, Lento.

A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Sporting. They fielded: Reimondez - Kubeček, Korvin, Canà - San Martín, Grabari, Améndola, Burton - Green, Svahn, Rubio Morales.

Some great play up the middle by Banzai led to a chance for A. Lento to score after 16 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. Sporting took the lead 24 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. A. Svahn was the scorer. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 1. Banzai claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

53 minutes into the game, A. De Mita came close to levelling the score with a dangerous shot from the centre of the area that went just over the bar. Some fine movement on the left led to a Sporting goal after 65 minutes, making it 0 - 2. M. Rubio Morales was noted down as the scorer. Banzai enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.

Banzai's best player was H. Bodurksi. On the other hand, A. Marchetta's play was disheartening. Sporting's top performer was clearly A. Svahn. I. Reimondez was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 2.