Banco 0 - 3 savoia (381662759)

Dark skies made the crowd of 47641 at Campo Sportivo L. Durand DeLaPenne a little nervous, but the rain held off. Øyvind Eriksen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Martin Lingård and Andreas Collind. Banco had chosen a strategic 5-3-2 formation. They fielded: Frango - Josse, Weizenegger, Bünyamin, Zanetti, Linßen - Bjerkeseth, Martinato, Mavar - Benjamin, Charfuelan.

savoia started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Rakocija - Gallo, Pãcurar, Salmela, Fioretti - Wamsteeker, Tavana, Takasuo, Podobed, Kolber - Maciel Neto.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Banco. Banco mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 20 minutes, but B. Benjamin was unable to convert from short range. 22 minutes into the game, Banco seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a weak level of organisation. 33 minutes into the match, savoia nearly took the lead, as M. Tavana broke through on the right. H. Frango made the save, however. With 37 minutes gone, W. Zanetti suddenly found himself completely free on the right wing when a counterattack by Banco caught their opponents by surprise. Only a great save by the opposing keeper prevented him from scoring. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of savoia's K. Wamsteeker after 41 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. savoia enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 80 percent of possession.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that Banco had solid organisation. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Banco's N. Martinato was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 46 minutes. U. Naaber was given a chance to change things around. K. Wamsteeker of savoia took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 52 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 2. In an effort to secure the lead, savoia changed their tactic after 53 minutes. After a short break after 53 minutes, savoia seemed to change their tactical approach a bit. The Banco coach was desperate to reverse his team's fortunes in the game, and ordered his team to change strategy. After 60 minutes, Banco used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from O. Gallo after 60 minutes, and prevented savoia from going up another goal. M. Fioretti sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from M. Takasuo after 62 minutes of play, making the score 0 - 3. 64 minutes into the game, M. Mavar had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came F. Ilnitskiy. The savoia coach was visibly pleased with the score so far, but still ordered a few tactical changes 65 minutes into the game. Possession in this half belonged to savoia, who controlled the ball 86 percent of the time.

Most important Banco player was B. Benjamin. However, F. Ilnitskiy made a disastrous appearance. T. Maciel Neto performed admirably for savoia. T. Rakocija on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 3.