cicaloni 1 - 0 Piano (366050600)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 35879 to colosseum. Valentin Dumitrascu was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Yannik Schmatterig and Obdulio Jacinto Roldán. cicaloni decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Starters: Mattia - Johannesen, Lössl, Nozzetti, Tesdorff - Fellini, Elleried, Tobiasson, Torras - Škero, Hodzelmans.

Piano had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Katan - Johansson, Simaz, Goliat - Franzoni, Užubalis, Cavalchi, Kremnický, Frezza - Simányi, Aznar.

S. Cavalchi came close to putting the visiting team one up 6 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but S. Mattia managed to tip the ball to a corner. Many thought G. Tesdorff ought to have been awarded a penalty 19 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around I. Katan after a determined run through the middle. Given a free kick in a difficult position after 21 minutes, cicaloni tried a variation that they had practised in training. The kick was sent into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and allowed no space for a finish. It was 0 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to cicaloni, who controlled the ball 63 percent of the time.

The celebrations in the stands could only mean one thing - D. Elleried's free kick had found the back of the net and put cicaloni ahead 1 - 0! M. Simányi made a run for the goal 77 minutes into the game but the home team's left back managed to sort the situation out in the end. After 77 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by N. Nozzetti might have resulted in another goal for cicaloni. However, I. Katan made a spectacular save. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by cicaloni, with 62 percent of the ball.

The most dominating cicaloni player was without a doubt D. Elleried. S. Mattia turned in a dismal performance, however. I. Katan performed admirably for Piano. S. Cavalchi on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 0.