Aquile 1 - 3 caos (381668039)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 51821 to il nido dell'Aquila. Sergio Wäckerli was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Christian Zinsholz and Olexiy Palyanitsa. A 5-3-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Aquile. Lineup: Pasãre - Marchetti, Ramaccioni, Donát, Killskog, Vitalone - Mpekos, Pêra, Knorr - Beckbrant, Bujanowski.

caos decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. Starters: Jagelka - Selleri, Vopěnka, Ayık - Donadeo, Faelli, Poelchau, Todorov - Mincoff, Nurmento, Banyuls.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Aquile. Some great play up the middle by Aquile led to a chance for K. Killskog to score after 2 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of caos's C. Banyuls after 3 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 0 - 1 lead. G. Dettori was called on to replace caos's J. Jagelka after 4 minutes following a nasty collision. A. Donadeo was handed the caos captain's armband. A tussle 11 minutes into the match resulted in a penalty being awarded to the home team and M. Bujanowski put the ball into the back of the net without any difficulty. That tied the score up at 1 - 1. With 21 minutes played, M. Todorov of caos fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. 1 - 2 was the score with 31 minutes played, after C. Banyuls cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for caos. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 2. caos claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave K. Beckbrant from Aquile a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 58 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! With 79 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed C. Faelli of caos to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 1 - 3. After 83 minutes, A. Vitalone had a good opportunity to reduce the scoreline for Aquile with a chance created through the middle, but wasn't cool enough. The ball went miles over the bar. caos had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

N. Ramaccioni performed admirably for Aquile. However, G. Donát made a disastrous appearance. caos's best player was C. Banyuls. G. Dettori turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 3.