VeniceFC 2 - 3 Fidelis (381680433)

Dark skies made the crowd of 47203 at Dukale a little nervous, but the rain held off. Leopoldo Biscarini was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Benjamin Dixte and Olaf Jan Neumayer. VeniceFC had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Schuberth - Brumă, Moonsamy, Moisakos - Leeuwenberg, Cioban, Zintu, Török, Duarte - Lefrère, Lartigue.

Fidelis decided to use a 5-5-0 set up. Starters: Glorioso - Bellavia, Zizifo, Servili, Mattone, Eusebi - Lussu, Longoni, Celi, Lepistö, Idrotoglou -.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Fidelis. A swift counterattack by Fidelis resulted in a free kick that P. Servili elegantly twisted into the goal - 0 - 1! V. Idrotoglou stunned the crowd with a brilliant counterattack from the left, giving Fidelis the goal to make it 0 - 2. VeniceFC refused to be intimidated and, breaking through the middle, J. Brumă managed to slip the ball home for 1 - 2. F. Lefrère made a superb strike after 32 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. VeniceFC's A. Lartigue was shown a yellow card after 33 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to VeniceFC, who controlled the ball 66 percent of the time.

A good free kick by F. Lefrère would have scored the equaliser for VeniceFC, had it not been for the dramatic save by the visitors' goalkeeper. 56 minutes into the game, E. Zizifo finished off a Fidelis left wing counterattack, making the score 1 - 3. With clinical precision, the cross from winger T. Leeuwenberg found its way to A. Lartigue's head, and a screaming header gave VeniceFC the goal after 66 minutes played. 2 - 3 When A. Lartigue made yet another studs-first tackle after 84 minutes, the referee was obliged to book the VeniceFC player for the second time, sending him off the pitch. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by VeniceFC, with 62 percent of the ball.

VeniceFC's top performer was clearly F. Lefrère. H. Schuberth was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Fidelis player was without a doubt V. Idrotoglou. F. Glorioso on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 3.