Vegia$ 1 - 3 Piallaenne (381663238)

The crowd of 40928 turning up at Campetto della Chiesa di Don Marziano today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Erich Kouwenberg was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Hugo Lafitte and Juan José Anguita. Vegia$ started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. They fielded: Bogner - Grippo, Boderskov - Murillo, Hostales, Palomino, Geertsen, Hannot - Gonaus, Sorazar, Turnbull.

Piallaenne tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Pražský - Axelsen, Plaksiy, Hedeboe - Magnoni, Montaiuti, Castro, Pende, Efgan - Aspener, Alaabdi.

The rain made it hard for players like M. Gonaus to show their technical control of the ball on this soggy day. Against a lesser team, Vegia$ could very well have succeeded with their smart indirect free kick routine after 23 minutes. A trio of passes took the ball all the way past the defenders, but by then the intended recipient was already blocked off and the keeper could make a leisurely save. E. Efgan, who often relies on his speed, had a rotten day on the drenched grass. Slack defending gave Vegia$ a chance to take the lead with 42 minutes played, but J. Geertsen's cross from the left flank was fumbled in front of the goal and easily dealt with by the opposition. After 44 minutes E. Efgan made a speedy advance and dropped the ball to F. Aspener who shuffled it past the keeper. The score was now 0 - 1. It was 0 - 1 at the break. Vegia$ had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

B. Alaabdi increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 2. Piallaenne increased their lead after 76 minutes when M. Pende broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 3, much to the home crowd's dismay. A misunderstanding between the visitors' keeper M. Pražský and his left defence could have resulted in a goal for Vegia$, but M. Turnbull's finish was way too lame. A marvellous Vegia$ effort on the right-hand side resulted in a goal after 79 minutes by J. Sorazar, making the score 1 - 3. Possession in this half belonged to Vegia$, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

Vegia$'s best player was J. Palomino. On the other hand, H. Boderskov's play was disheartening. The most dominating Piallaenne player was without a doubt F. Aspener. However, M. Pende made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 3.