Clavis 3 - 0 Burantotolo (381663131)

Dark skies made the crowd of 40240 at Real Clavis Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Simeon Nichev was the appointed referee. Clavis started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Carvajal - Cochet, Leroux, Kejlberg, Stagličić - Tryggvesson, Cappelleti, van Erp, Lautier, El-Faisal - Coura.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Burantotolo. Lineup: Pontes - Marshall, Consiglio, Reng - Sposato, Vokrri, Škundrić, Klinowski, Corrado - Scippa, Bucchi.

Today, Clavis's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Clavis made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left C. van Erp completely alone with keeper V. Pontes, who made a spectacular block. Given a free kick in a difficult position after 12 minutes, Clavis tried a variation that they had practised in training. The kick was sent into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and allowed no space for a finish. The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 26 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from K. Tryggvesson, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. 1 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Clavis, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

Burantotolo's opponents know to be wary of G. Corrado's speed, but it made little difference as he flew past the defence 54 minutes into the game. Only the keeper could stop him - and he did with a perfectly timed dive! The visitors' equaliser seemed sure to come after 67 minutes, following a one on one situation around the left hand side of the goal area, but G. Carvajal got the best of it, blocking the shot from W. Klinowski. Clavis managed to extend their lead to 2 - 0 when C. van Erp cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. By now, the players in Clavis felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave W. Klinowski from Burantotolo a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 83 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! B. Cochet increased the lead for Clavis to 3 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! Clavis had to make a substitution after 86 minutes. K. Tryggvesson limped off the field and was replaced by J. Vale. Clavis claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

The most dominating Clavis player was without a doubt C. van Erp. J. Vale on the other hand, had a terrible day. Burantotolo's best player was G. Scippa. C. Sposato turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 0.