United 2 - 0 Torretta (366070393)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 24309 had shown up at Mirto Arena Stadium for the match. Hugo Antunes was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jöns Thorstensson and Gero Burbaum. A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for United. Starters: Oncioiu - Douglas, Bernhart, Kuoppa - Giroud, Fradet, Kempeners, Virgulti - Villa, Stella, Öznil.

Torretta tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players took the field: Brener - Aldini, Leclercq, Forouzesh, Pál - Spicci, Pogliaghi, Villani, Carrasquilla - Mariancini, Murcia.

United were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. 14 minutes into the game, A. Murcia almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. United had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. It was obvious that United had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. United had a chance to take the lead after Y. Giroud's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 34 minutes. Halftime score was 0 - 0. Neither team was controlling the possession at this point in the match, with the stats showing a 50:50 split.

I. Oncioiu looked great 49 minutes into the match after stopping a shot from the middle of the penalty area from the visitors' B. Forouzesh. Attacking on the wings was the choice for United, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. 62 minutes in, the referee awarded United a penalty. R. Fradet coolly slotted it home for a 1 - 0 lead. After 65 minutes, Torretta used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. Unhappy with the result so far in the game, the Torretta manager used a brief break in play after 70 minutes to give the players new directives. An equalising goal seemed certain after 72 minutes when A. Murcia attacked down the left wing, but I. Oncioiu just managed to make a save to keep the ball out of the net. United put themselves up 2 - 0 when E. Villa broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave R. Kempeners from United a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 82 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Possession was split evenly between the teams.

United's top performer was clearly J. Bernhart. I. Oncioiu on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Torretta player was M. Pál. On the other hand, E. Carrasquilla's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 0.