grottaminarda 0 - 3 Alester (380281723)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and 'a grotta saw a crowd turnout of 13090. Rafa Navarrete was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Célestin Beguin and Ilmari Möller. grottaminarda started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Rondón - 儒新 (Ruxin), Santos Marques, Van Rysselberghe - Torres Tejada, Hundorfer, Filieux, Nováček - Brandts, Christiansson, Huaranga.

Alester decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. They fielded: Passone - Amikam, Basaglia, Fasselli - Gerželj, Cannas, Rossini, Ruíz Díaz - Bernobi, Ivaldi, Avidano.

Alester decided to play creatively. 0 - 1 was the score with 6 minutes played, after G. Avidano cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Alester. 13 minutes in, grottaminarda's H. Brandts received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Halftime score was 0 - 1. Alester enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 57 percent of possession.

N. Rossini wanted to play on, but the Alester coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 60 minutes into the game by A. Spies. A. Cannas was the new captain of Alester - handed the armband by the departing player. Alester's P. Gerželj skillfully knocked a pass over the top after 63 minutes, and that was received by V. Ivaldi who just managed to slot it past the opposing goalkeeper for 0 - 2. After 68 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave V. Ivaldi a chance to increase the lead for Alester, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 3. The players of Alester now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. The Alester players could smell victory in the air. G. Avidano wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for M. Peragnoli after 75 minutes. grottaminarda's E. Christiansson was shown a yellow card after 76 minutes for slicing down an opponent. E. Christiansson tried using a burst of speed to get past his defender after 78 minutes, but it takes more than that to get past fast A. Basaglia. Alester claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 60 percent.

The most dominating grottaminarda player was without a doubt J. Santos Marques. However, J. Rondón made a disastrous appearance. N. Bernobi performed admirably for Alester. G. Fasselli turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 3.