Rondinella 0 - 7 Darkstadt (377276042)

Dark skies made the crowd of 32910 at Nuova Rondinella Colosseum a little nervous, but the rain held off. Emery Booth was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rainer Cavalli and Jay Lieftink. Rondinella started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. Lineup: Kūgis - Meijerman, Zanda, Ovijač - Stegaru, Sedlius, Deloire, Elstal - Corti, Quitarrà, Garção.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Darkstadt. Starters: Rödingshausen - Deville, Beis, Markov - Schmittknecht, Gorlani, Gigov, Ruscitti, Sainte-Rose - Zühre, Poirier.

Some great play up the middle by Rondinella led to a chance for R. Ovijač to score after 3 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. Darkstadt's J. Deville could have put the guests one up after 7 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but K. Kūgis was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 15 minutes allowed R. Poirier to score for Darkstadt. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1. J. Sainte-Rose of Darkstadt took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 28 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 2. After 39 minutes, Darkstadt's R. Schmittknecht burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 3. Halftime score was 0 - 3. Darkstadt had most of the ball, with 61 percent of possession.

Content with how the game was proceeding, the Darkstadt coach let C. Spreafico replace R. Schmittknecht after 46 minutes. J. Deville received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 62 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 4. The Darkstadt fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. A drive down the left side allowed E. Zühre to get in close and score another goal for Darkstadt after 64 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 5. The players of Darkstadt now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. After 69 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave V. Ruscitti a chance to increase the lead for Darkstadt, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 6. The visitors' R. Poirier took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 77 minutes into the match. 0 - 7 for Darkstadt. After 83 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by Darkstadt was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. Possession in this half belonged to Darkstadt, who controlled the ball 64 percent of the time.

Most important Rondinella player was G. Corti. K. Kūgis was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Darkstadt player was without a doubt U. Rödingshausen. On the other hand, C. Spreafico's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 7.