Real 0 - 3 deportivo (381666635)

A scorching day at Stadio Robollo da Metà Foce, where 55967 spectators were in place for today's match. Emil Ivanov was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Juan-Carlos Kalb and Gaetano Grünebaum. Real had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Pepero - Palmu, Lukošius, De Agustini - Timotity, Loutsch, Wekema, Plaia, Giampaoli - Vinblom, Scala.

deportivo tactics involved an interesting 4-3-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: Őze - Bloato, Pomarè, Guerriero, Cruciani - Capozza, Fincati, Zingale - Verze, Riegel, Magro.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for deportivo. M. Pomarè of deportivo seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 0 - 1 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by F. Cruciani. Real put pressure on the visitors' central defence 4 minutes into the game, but M. De Agustini couldn't find an opening. B. Plaia made a superb strike after 10 minutes with a shot straight in front of the goal after a long ball through the middle, but one of the visitors' defenders got a foot in at the last second and warded it off for a corner. Some fine passing in the middle of the pitch, carving open the away defence, should have led to a goal for Real, but J. Lukošius's shot went over the bar. Several players seemed a little dazed by the warm weather, and were repeatedly tricked by the clever and agile M. Scala. With 33 minutes played, Real's M. Scala found an opening in the visitors' left side defence, but his shot was handled easily by the keeper. deportivo's counterattacks were lethal to the opposing defence, allowing D. Fincati to score easily from the right flank for 0 - 2. 0 - 2 was the score after the first half. Real claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 74 percent.

With 57 minutes gone, G. Bloato suddenly found himself completely free on the right wing when a counterattack by deportivo caught their opponents by surprise. Only a great save by the opposing keeper prevented him from scoring. The crowd groaned when M. De Agustini, having maneuvered his way down the right, fired the ball just wide and missed a great opportunity to reduce the deficit for Real. Usually a powerful player on the field, D. Fincati looked kind of pale and tired under the hot sun. P. Verze finished off the counterattack of deportivo from the left rather easily, making the score 0 - 3. L. Timotity almost reduced the deficit, having drawn the entire left side defence away, but the shot went straight into the arms of the goalkeeper. L. Capozza left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 89 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. P. Pinnella was the replacement. D. Fincati wanted to play on, but the deportivo coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 89 minutes into the game by A. Segale. The coach of deportivo was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 89 minutes, M. Chinigò came on for G. Bloato. Real had most of the ball, with 76 percent of possession.

Most important Real player was M. Scala. S. Giampaoli was a disappointment, however. The most dominating deportivo player was without a doubt P. Verze. P. Pinnella turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 3.