VELA 0 - 0 Aimila (381673688)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 33094 had shown up at Vallemiano Stadium for the match. Bronisław Szymenderski was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Loris Resta and Tomislav Vidov. VELA tactics involved an interesting 5-5-0 combination. Starters: Renda - Adriaans, Pantović, Gennari, Claude, Borcker - Bourhis, Kamp, Cristini, Buškevics, El-Tariq -.

Aimila started off with a 5-3-2 lineup. Lineup: Alocci - Radwan, Biondo, Chatzistavrou, Sodini, Adrianopoli - Keronen, Bellec, Bulzomi - Comito, Dorotík.

Aimila were relying on their ability to counter-attack. Aimila's counterattacks created a good chance for K. Dorotík on the right after 3 minutes, but he could only look on with dismay as his strike rebounded off the crossbar. 10 minutes into the game, a swerving free kick by L. Adriaans almost resulted in the home team taking the lead, but the shot glanced harmlessly off the frame of the goal. With 29 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of Aimila resulted in a counterattack that set G. Bulzomi free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. M. Bourhis neatly controlled the ball after a short corner, and knocked it on to L. Cristini who had the whole net open before him, but only managed to hit the post. After 34 minutes, the defensive line of Aimila created a counterattack through the middle that gave K. Keronen a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. Halftime score was 0 - 0. VELA had most of the ball, with 71 percent of possession.

Aimila's K. Dorotík was shown a yellow card after 72 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave N. Adrianopoli from Aimila a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 83 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Aimila had a great opportunity to score following a counterattack after 87 minutes, but K. Dorotík's shot from the left sailed high over the bar. The crowd gasped as E. Kamp of VELA was flattened by an opponent after 87 minutes and had to be carried off. M. Attanasio came in off the bench. After 88 minutes Aimila tried to exploit their counterattacking skills, unfortunately, M. Radwan's shot sailed wide after his break down the right. VELA claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 67 percent.

VELA's top performer was clearly G. Renda. On the other hand, S. El-Tariq's play was disheartening. Most important Aimila player was K. Dorotík. G. Comito on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 0.