SB 3 - 1 Retegoal (366705485)

The 11172 fans in attendance at Groane's Stadium were roasting in the hot sun. Jean-François Rodrigues was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sebastiano Bonetti and Michael Myrquist. SB decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Vrintz - McClelland, Biagiotti, Harding, Stoccoro - Bove, Martino, Cena, Rodella - Eufemi, Zorzon.

Retegoal tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. They fielded: Peccia - Berchicci, Masetti, Pasolini - Rinaudo, Civitella, Pidutto, Ferrara - Bruzzese, Fanizzo, Zambon.

Retegoal clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, E. Eufemi scored for SB putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 8 minutes. L. Stoccoro of SB was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. G. Zorzon squirmed through their central defence after 28 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. Retegoal made sure of not letting G. Rodella succeed with his speed. When an opportunity appeared for him, as it did 40 minutes into the game, speedy F. Berchicci came to the rescue and stopped the attack. Halftime score was 2 - 0. SB claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.

It was obvious that team Retegoal had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. With 81 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock, Retegoal showed some good skill and were able to reduce the score to 2 - 1 when E. Zambon got past the home side's central defenders right in front of the goal. G. Rodella of SB received a yellow card after 82 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. F. Martino's lack of experience almost gave Retegoal a goal after 84 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. 86 minutes into the game, S. Pasolini had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came V. Bošković. Cheers filled the stadium as L. Stoccoro broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 1 to SB. SB had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

SB's best player was A. Biagiotti. On the other hand, F. Vrintz's play was disheartening. Retegoal's top performer was clearly G. Fanizzo. V. Bošković on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 1.