Fiat 2 - 3 rafa.f.c (375945561)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 39000 to Fiasa 1300. Jacky Clément was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Larry Hasse and Janiek van der Burgt. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Fiat. Lineup: Oliveri - Lavelli, Gralla, Soylu - Sande, Paiva, Ceretti, François, Stránský - Raukola, Arànega.

rafa.f.c started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Clark - Ciliberto, Vanherck, Michel - Jadot, Dracena, Sarmento, Garcia Neto, Beitiķis - Cavanha, Donhauser.

Fiat tried to focus their attacks down the middle. 29 minutes into the game, J. Beitiķis was a hair's breadth away from giving rafa.f.c the lead with a shot from over on the left. A prompt block by C. Oliveri saved the home team that time. The visitors could have taken the lead from a free kick after 30 minutes, if it wasn't for the jaw-dropping save by C. Oliveri. The visitors grabbed the lead after J. Sarmento's free kick succeeded, resulting in a score of 0 - 1. Fiat's P. Ceretti showed off his trademark ability to do the unexpected with a tricky pass after 43 minutes. Unfortunately, J. Raukola was startled by the play and wasn't able to control the finish. After 43 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed O. Donhauser to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 2. 0 - 2 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Fiat, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

rafa.f.c's B. Michel was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 71 minutes. C. Oliveri got a fingertip on O. Donhauser's shot from the left 72 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. Some fine movement on the left led to a rafa.f.c goal after 73 minutes, making it 0 - 3. J. Beitiķis was noted down as the scorer. Fiat's O. Sande was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - C. Arànega managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 1 - 3 after 79 minutes. Fiat's A. Lavelli cut towards the middle after 80 minutes, receiving a brilliant pass and slicing through the visiting team's central defence, reducing the lead to 2 - 3. Fiat had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

Fiat's best player was R. Paiva. C. Oliveri on the other hand, had a terrible day. rafa.f.c's top performer was clearly J. Dracena. J. Clark turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 3.