U.S.Sarmeola 3 - 1 Sfasabuchi (381662871)

Dark skies made the crowd of 47180 at "Antonio Zanin" a little nervous, but the rain held off. Guillaume Lanier was the appointed referee with assistance provided by İlham Güniz and Giuseppe Angeloni. U.S.Sarmeola tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Dominiak - Breivik, Wurzach, Botasso - Carrasquilla, Alia, Wladika, Gondouin, Garić - Atienza, Mazas.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Sfasabuchi. The following players took the field: Blugaro - Renshaw, Vitarella, Focardi - Arnuzzo, Domina, Spagnolo, Fiorenza, Torroba - Marino, Piva.

Sfasabuchi's V. Spagnolo was shown a yellow card after 14 minutes for slicing down an opponent. U.S.Sarmeola were very close to putting themselves one up after 17 minutes as C. Carrasquilla got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. U.S.Sarmeola fans held their breath as P. Atienza scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! Sfasabuchi's F. Marino was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 21 minutes. Coming through the middle F. Marino almost scored the equaliser for Sfasabuchi after 22 minutes, but I. Dominiak made an excellent save, tipping the awkwardly curled shot past the post. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of U.S.Sarmeola to 2 - 0 as P. Atienza finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. 2 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to U.S.Sarmeola, who controlled the ball 60 percent of the time.

After 53 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by C. Carrasquilla might have resulted in another goal for U.S.Sarmeola. However, G. Blugaro made a spectacular save. The corner kick from B. Renshaw was powerfully met by the head of V. Spagnolo to make the score 2 - 1. U.S.Sarmeola's P. Atienza saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 68 minutes. U.S.Sarmeola's P. Atienza increased the lead to 3 - 1, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 72 minutes. That made three goals for P. Atienza and he was marked down for the hat trick. The U.S.Sarmeola players could smell victory in the air. A. Garić wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for A. Ehrenhardt after 77 minutes. U.S.Sarmeola had most of the ball, with 63 percent of possession.

The most dominating U.S.Sarmeola player was without a doubt J. Mazas. However, B. Breivik made a disastrous appearance. N. Piva performed admirably for Sfasabuchi. P. Torroba on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 1.