McDonalds 0 - 1 Juvigia (366132685)

35033 spectators arrived at BIG MAC Stadium, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Zsolt Kökény was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Adrian Fabianowski and Giel Veraar. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for McDonalds. Lineup: Illetschko-Winkler - Nava, Villar, Collar - Cerqueira, Rasmus, Rieff, Tat Ho, Arturo - Nowański, Korsgaard.

Juvigia decided to use a 5-3-2 set up. The following players took the field: Cervellone - Stracagnolo, De Rosa, Heuler, Amato, Huet - Huy, Hammaring, Drawc - Nizzolo, Barile.

Juvigia clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. A counterattack by Juvigia after 15 minutes could have resulted in a goal, but A. Barile, coming in on the left, couldn't get the shot off. McDonalds had to make a substitution after 36 minutes. S. Tat Ho limped off the field and was replaced by H. Kontz. P. Amato of Juvigia was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. McDonalds created a good opportunity to score 40 minutes into the match when G. Nava's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. McDonalds had a good opportunity to take the lead as T. Nowański came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of P. Cervellone. A quick counter attack by Juvigia forced the opponent's defender to give away a freekick. A. Barile was allowed to take it quickly by the referee, much to the dismay of the goalkeeper who wasn't prepared. 0 - 1! 0 - 1 was the halftime score. McDonalds enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 71 percent of possession.

McDonalds needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 46 minutes G. Cerqueira made way for L. Schoenfeld. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, McDonalds's F. Collar was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 55 minutes. J. Bracco was given a chance to change things around. With 65 minutes played, after a good run down the left, M. Rasmus went down looking for a penalty after a challenge from the visitors' right fullback, but the referee waved play on, and later warned him for diving. Good work by the Juvigia defensive line after 66 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found K. Huy alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave K. Huy from Juvigia a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 72 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! McDonalds put pressure on the visitors' central defence 84 minutes into the game, but T. Nowański couldn't find an opening. McDonalds claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 67 percent.

Most important McDonalds player was J. Villar. However, M. Arturo made a disastrous appearance. A. Barile performed admirably for Juvigia. N. Huet on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 1.