Istituto 2 - 1 Atletico (366153866)

The 21914 spectators at Stadio dei Tralicci were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Irvin Pearshouse was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Arthur Sarbach and Riccardo Oppes. Istituto tactics involved an interesting 5-2-3 combination. Starters: Ranaldi - Alfarano, Di Donato, Maiozzi, Piasenzotto, Ravani - Chiuselli, Paolini - Vellutini, Frediani, Colica.

Atletico had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. They fielded: Chiera - Ziengs, Borchi, Pascucci - Sfetcu, Glad, Terroso, Håkansson - Lorenzo, Filuta, Søgård.

For their match strategy, Istituto had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. C. Pascucci came close to putting the visiting team one up 39 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but U. Ranaldi managed to tip the ball to a corner. Istituto's E. Alfarano was shown a yellow card after 41 minutes for slicing down an opponent. D. Borchi's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for Atletico, he bravely continued in the match. Istituto's counterattacks created a good chance for A. Vellutini on the right after 44 minutes, but he could only look on with dismay as his strike rebounded off the crossbar. After 44 minutes Istituto's I. Colica contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. 44 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but B. Filuta, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. I. Colica finished off the counterattack of Istituto from the left rather easily, making the score 1 - 0. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Atletico, with 73 percent of the ball.

M. Frediani sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from A. Vellutini after 63 minutes of play, making the score 2 - 0. 72 minutes in, Istituto's A. Chiuselli received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Atletico's R. Håkansson was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 73 minutes. E. Mitrović was given a chance to change things around. Atletico had a fair chance to reply after 77 minutes due to some fine moves down the left, but in the end A. Søgård was slow to keep up with the play and was unable to make it into the penalty box to apply a finish. The visitors got one back when A. Søgård finished off a pass from the left and scored after 80 minutes. 2 - 1 was the score. Atletico claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 72 percent.

Istituto's best player was G. Ravani. U. Ranaldi on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Atletico player was A. Terroso. J. Glad was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 1.