Eagles1900 0 - 1 Ventura (366116470)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Eagles Stadium saw a crowd turnout of 38013. Sebastian Fuiorea was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Martin Lehemets and Falke Holm Pedersen. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Eagles1900. Lineup: Kastbjerg - Marrone, Carli, Crespo - Taormina, Traina, Bo, Gaudio, Sapir - Viscardi, Fuglsang.

Ventura started off with a 5-3-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Maillard - Braghini, Kürem, Parigi, Rocca, Lagreca - Zennaro, Passarotto, Taddeo - Craioveanu, Benveniste.

For their match strategy, Ventura had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. With 17 minutes played, Q. Benveniste of Ventura fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Good work by the Ventura defensive line after 36 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found Q. Benveniste alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. After a fine move down the middle G. Viscardi nearly gave the home side a goal after 39 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. Eagles1900 claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 73 percent.

With 64 minutes played S. Marrone almost gave the home side the lead with an unexpected free kick set up, but the visitors' D. Maillard was onto it, grabbing the would be breakthrough ball. 67 minutes in, Ventura's G. Braghini received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The referee showed Eagles1900's L. Fuglsang the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Eagles1900 had a chance to take the lead after E. Bo's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 82 minutes. Q. Benveniste was first to reach a ball launched long through the center from Ventura's defence 83 minutes into the game. He managed to keep his cool and beat the goalkeeper to make the score 0 - 1. Eagles1900 enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 72 percent of possession.

E. Bo performed admirably for Eagles1900. However, M. Crespo made a disastrous appearance. Most important Ventura player was Q. Benveniste. A. Parigi was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 1.