Casatiello 1 - 5 diabbu (380282735)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 19324 had shown up at Pastiera for the match. Casatiello tactics involved an interesting 5-3-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Niang - Souchon, Hesselballe, Vaccaro, Zaichkin, Stela - Fruehwirth, Hvalić, Nikitović - Hervy, Endueñas.

diabbu had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. Starters: Grīnbergs - Archontidis, Masure - Alba, Capossela, Poggiolesi, Pavarotti, Burato - Weinwurm, Peeck, Pawiński.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Casatiello. diabbu took the lead after 18 minutes making the score 0 - 1. B. Alba placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. The corner kick from L. Vaccaro was powerfully met by the head of M. Endueñas to make the score 1 - 1. diabbu's D. Pawiński managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 31 minutes. 1 - 2. The home crowd was not impressed when H. Weinwurm came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 32 minutes. diabbu were now up 1 - 3. After 34 minutes Casatiello tried to exploit their counterattacking skills, unfortunately, M. Endueñas's shot sailed wide after his break down the right. It was 1 - 3 at the break. diabbu claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 75 percent.

M. Peeck wanted to play on, but the diabbu coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 46 minutes into the game by A. Révész. The diabbu players could smell victory in the air. F. Masure wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for A. Enholm after 46 minutes. 52 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 1 - 4 as B. Alba finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave G. Nikitović from Casatiello a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 63 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! The visitors almost increased their lead after 69 minutes when a sweetly hit free kick looked like it was heading for the top corner. However the keeper managed to get a fingertip to it, sending it over the bar. 73 minutes in, diabbu's A. Poggiolesi received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Casatiello's D. Fruehwirth went down after a savage challenge, but could continue playing after some medical attention. With 75 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience, J. Souchon needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. After 80 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed B. Alba to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 1 - 5. This third goal completed a hattrick for B. Alba. Confident in their lead, diabbu's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. diabbu enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 78 percent of possession.

Most important Casatiello player was M. Endueñas. However, L. Vaccaro made a disastrous appearance. A. Poggiolesi performed admirably for diabbu. On the other hand, A. Révész's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 5.