Asociación 0 - 3 Sampei (379921687)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 1513 had shown up at Alfonso Murube for the match. Arno Ronner was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jani Melamies and Gian Luca Zambon. Asociación tactics involved an interesting 4-3-3 combination. Lineup: Imbrogno - Usarralde, Fichot, Jiménez, Colominas - Wiekens, Canà, Lybaert - Escoda, Pedraza, Ivgy.

A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Sampei. The following players had been chosen: Gallorini - Pârvan, Gattoni - Mrope, Poetzl, Kuismanen, Bidoglia, Inniss - Ganguly, Masilingi, Prak.

Asociación decided to play creatively. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Sampei's J. Mrope after 9 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. A. Pârvan was, after 20 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper C. Imbrogno made the save. A drive down the left side allowed G. Kuismanen to get in close and score another goal for Sampei after 28 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 2. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 2. Sampei had most of the ball, with 59 percent of possession.

The visitors' S. Poetzl took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 53 minutes into the match. 0 - 3 for Sampei. Sampei's C. Masilingi was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 54 minutes. S. Poetzl left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 55 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. A. Vikatmaa was the replacement. As the captain was no longer on the pitch, G. Gattoni took over the role of being the Sampei captain. 55 minutes into the game, M. Escoda had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came G. de Bosch. E. Canà became the new Asociación captain. A. Pârvan wanted to play on, but the Sampei coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 60 minutes into the game by R. Melis. After the ball was lifted in from the left, R. Melis was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 74 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. Possession in this half belonged to Sampei, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

Most important Asociación player was E. Canà. M. Jiménez turned in a dismal performance, however. Sampei's top performer was clearly A. Bidoglia. E. Gallorini on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 3.