Apice 1 - 1 Gutta (366148818)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Eroi della Patria saw a crowd turnout of 13396. Magnus Vinstål was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Renato Messineo and Ralf Denhaide. Apice started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Pavon - Lomazzo, Canavesi, Pimpo - Quagliarulo, Matteotti, Di Maggio, Di Bella - Valacchi, Ross, Lucchesi.

Gutta tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: Hamari - Linén, van der Weert, Alves, Spampinato - Lucia, Devault, Amado, Iozzino - Brynaert, Belitsch.

Gutta saw most attack opportunities on the wings. A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area with a goal nearly scored by J. Linén. At last, Gutta's R. van der Weert was able to backheel the ball in. 0 - 1. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave A. Matteotti from Apice a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 24 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Gutta were forced into a substitution as J. Linén couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing J. van Dorpel to come in off the bench. M. Lucia of Gutta received a yellow card after 41 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Apice, with 52 percent of the ball.

After 48 minutes, F. Ross made a dash down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the goal that made it 1 - 1. Apice had to make a substitution after 67 minutes. C. Quagliarulo limped off the field and was replaced by A. Ribet. A. Pavon looked great 68 minutes into the match after stopping a shot from the middle of the penalty area from the visitors' W. Iozzino. W. Iozzino had a good try after 70 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. 75 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Gutta substitution. A. Mazingue came on for N. Devault. Gutta's T. Belitsch was shown a yellow card after 78 minutes for slicing down an opponent. A loud groan was heard from the fans of Apice, as M. Lomazzo left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. L. Staffico took his place on the field. After 80 minutes, the Gutta coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving T. Belitsch off the field. R. van Schendelen took his place. Possession in this half belonged to Apice, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

Apice's best player was F. Ross. A. Ribet on the other hand, had a terrible day. Gutta's top performer was clearly R. Brynaert. On the other hand, J. van Dorpel's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 1.