Pittiflugica 3 - 0 Listerine (381682816)

38778 spectators had found their way to Portus Naonis Stadium, despite the heavy rain. Edgar Delacruz was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Semen Akselrod and Joakim Fredriksson. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Pittiflugica. Starters: Ranuzzi - Tartaglino, Richter - Lán, Mele, Portillo, Gottini, Grinbooch - Fondi, Macchia, Bricche.

Listerine tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Takács - Callejon, Aukselis, Iltanen - Birkeland, Pyle, Alex, Rédey, Biquet - van Aalen, Bradvica.

11 minutes into the game, a swerving free kick by L. Bricche almost resulted in the home team taking the lead, but the shot glanced harmlessly off the frame of the goal. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to G. Macchia, but the Pittiflugica player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! P. Fondi unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. Halftime score was 1 - 0. Pittiflugica had most of the ball, with 60 percent of possession.

P. Pyle was having a great game - if anything the pouring rain seemed to be spurring him on! After 64 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by G. Macchia might have resulted in another goal for Pittiflugica. However, K. Takács made a spectacular save. With 67 minutes played, Pittiflugica put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to P. Fondi, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. The players of Pittiflugica now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. After 70 minutes, Listerine used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. M. Bakaráč was called on to replace Listerine's K. Callejon after 74 minutes following a nasty collision. Listerine's L. van Aalen had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 77 minutes having been played. J. Luketa was the replacement. M. Iltanen was handed the Listerine captain's armband. S. Bradvica was struggling to make the ball dance with his usual trickery and panache, and the opposing players had little trouble shutting him down in these muddy conditions. P. Fondi increased the lead for Pittiflugica to 3 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! The referee showed Listerine's M. Alex the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. After 85 minutes Listerine's K. Aukselis contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. Possession in this half belonged to Pittiflugica, who controlled the ball 58 percent of the time.

The most dominating Pittiflugica player was without a doubt P. Fondi. However, P. Tartaglino made a disastrous appearance. Most important Listerine player was J. Rédey. On the other hand, M. Bakaráč's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 0.