santos 0 - 0 AquileiaNova (366111043)

Dark skies made the crowd of 25069 at tutti i santi a little nervous, but the rain held off. Hardi Thimm was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Paul Schlachter and Gary Gay. santos started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Shiokawa - Polzin, Pfeffersberg, Morganti - Kal, Caspani, Brubacher, Scocchi, Serzhanov - Peixoto, Ganchev.

A 5-5-0 alignment was the formation of choice for AquileiaNova. They fielded: Summa - Algora, Quagliarulo, Imbrogno, Budzisz, Brax - Hallyard, Suihkonen, Passarini, Strubel, Buquet -.

M. Strubel really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal following a great play by J. Suihkonen after a corner. santos had a chance to take the lead after J. Peixoto's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 22 minutes. 0 - 0 was the halftime score. santos claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

81 minutes into the game, B. Kal had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came O. Talbot. At 83 minutes played, J. Peixoto came in from the right with the intention of giving santos the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. santos enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.

santos's top performer was clearly A. Pfeffersberg. On the other hand, R. Morganti's play was disheartening. Most important AquileiaNova player was M. Summa. S. Buquet was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 0.