Squadra 2 - 3 POLOMIE (367117546)

The 49982 fans in attendance at Stadio Delle Alpi were roasting in the hot sun. Eduardo Rams was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Elco Emmens and Mihaitã Bădescu. Squadra started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. They fielded: Parada - Lamont, Negoiţă - Houot, Bashliev, Andresakis, Krústev, Nogueras - Cholakov, Zanirato, Donev.

POLOMIE decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. The following players had been chosen: Çaba - Czank, Chergov, Takó, Gansempan - Kostadinov, Yanushev, Eggan, Rangelov, Petrinski - Pieren.

Squadra mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. Today, POLOMIE's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to J. Nogueras, but the Squadra player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! The visitors' R. Pieren was alert after a cross coming in from the left, levelling the score at 1 - 1 after 34 minutes. R. Eggan of POLOMIE received a yellow card after 43 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Attacking on the wings was the choice for POLOMIE, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. POLOMIE's M. Yanushev managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 44 minutes. 1 - 2. POLOMIE had to make a substitution after 44 minutes. B. Czank limped off the field and was replaced by S. Primdzhanov. It was 1 - 2 at the break. Squadra enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 57 percent of possession.

Squadra's L. Donev made an attempt at equalising 49 minutes into the match, coming in from the right, but the ball hit the post and the defence easily cleared the rebound. After a fatal mistake from the away team's right side defence 53 minutes into the match, an alert A. Cholakov bagged the ball for Squadra, levelling the score to 2 - 2. Squadra had to manage with a reduced squad after 54 minutes, as J. Nogueras got sent off for a needless foul away from the game's action. J. Houot was handed the Squadra captain's armband. The most controversial moment of the game was likely the penalty given after 70 minutes. POLOMIE's R. Pieren kept his concentration, despite the upset crowd, and calmly put the ball past the keeper to make the score 2 - 3. L. Donev made a superb strike after 71 minutes with a shot straight in front of the goal after a long ball through the middle, but one of the visitors' defenders got a foot in at the last second and warded it off for a corner. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Squadra, with 51 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Squadra player was without a doubt D. Zanirato. G. Parada turned in a dismal performance, however. POLOMIE's best player was R. Pieren. However, S. Primdzhanov made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 3.