Electric 4 - 4 Argent (380506617)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 1237 to Electric Wizard Arena. Ettore Palazzo was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Caspar Rine and Björn Apelsten. Electric started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. The following players took the field: Gárdonyi - Talasjärvi, Libbinori, Piccot, da Fonseca - Crivellaro, Fasiol, Ferlini, Meneghesso, Stagi - Canova.

Argent decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. Lineup: van der Meijden - Alexandrino, Kałwa, Lefever - Gaeta, Paltoudakis, Gaublomme, Sić - Stevanin, Niyaz, Kawagichi.

It was obvious that Electric were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. Argent saw most attack opportunities on the wings. The bicycle kick from S. Sić would have been the Goal of the Year for Argent, had it not hit the post. Argent's M. Stevanin gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 9 minutes with a superb strike from the right. 10 minutes into the match, Electric's P. Crivellaro maneuvered his way around the opposition on the left flank, delighting the crowd with his twists and turns. The effort paid off as the ball found the back of the net, evening the score at 1 - 1. Electric made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left C. Fasiol completely alone with keeper G. van der Meijden, who made a spectacular block. 19 minutes into the match and the home team took a 2 - 1 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Electric was C. Fasiol. Electric were given a gift! The ref dubiously awarded them a penalty 32 minutes into the match, which was neatly put away by C. Fasiol. 3 - 1 for the home side. 3 - 1 was the score after the first half. Electric had most of the ball, with 61 percent of possession.

Content with how the game was proceeding, the Electric coach let W. Mammana replace P. Crivellaro after 46 minutes. H. Gárdonyi was handed the Electric captain's armband. G. Canova left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 49 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. M. Catanzaro was the replacement. The coach of Electric was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 53 minutes, W. Aschieri came on for M. Talasjärvi. 72 minutes in, an amazing pass from the left side resulted in a goal for the visitors, as Z. Niyaz anticipated the through ball and scored, reducing the deficit to 3 - 2. 81 minutes into the game, J. Lefever finished off a Argent left wing counterattack, making the score 3 - 3. Argent took the lead after 84 minutes making the score 3 - 4. I. Kałwa placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. When G. Ferlini left the game because of a back injury after 86 minutes, Electric had to continue a man short due to there being no available replacements. S. Sić of Argent was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Due to some great work on the right wing Electric's G. Meneghesso was able to even the score after 88 minutes to make the score 4 - 4. Electric's G. Meneghesso was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 88 minutes. Possession in this half belonged to Argent, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

Most important Electric player was G. Meneghesso. J. Piccot was a disappointment, however. Argent's best player was K. Kawagichi. On the other hand, J. Lefever's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 4.