Pinter 0 - 2 Montedonzelli (381698510)

22406 spectators arrived at Pierpy's Stadium, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Jack Forsholt was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Cees Bertrand and Gilles Bittar. Pinter had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Zwijsen - Karrantza, Navarro Alas, Henneghien - Cherrier, Lehtosaari, Brünyi, Prampolini, Kerkhof - Milán Borja, Niedersberger.

Montedonzelli tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Picollo - Pivovarov, Cusumano, Furnari - Severi, Liguori, Valenti, Toledo, Chiellini - Sonaglia, Porta.

Today, Pinter's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Montedonzelli's D. Sonaglia could have put the guests one up after 22 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but A. Zwijsen was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. Montedonzelli had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 26 minutes in when P. Porta came up alone against A. Zwijsen who managed a block. Attacking on the wings was the choice for Pinter, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. Pinter could have put themselves ahead after 35 minutes but T. Niedersberger missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession was split evenly between the teams.

Down the middle came P. Porta, making a fantastic play that nearly had Montedonzelli take the lead after 68 minutes, but A. Zwijsen preserved the tie. Montedonzelli's E. Chiellini was shown a yellow card after 74 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Pinter were forced into a substitution as T. Niedersberger couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing D. Leandri to come in off the bench. M. Severi hit the corner kick straight to the keeper, but it was mishandled, giving Montedonzelli's D. Liguori an easy chance to knock it in for 0 - 1. After 77 minutes, Pinter used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. The Pinter coach was desperate to reverse his team's fortunes in the game, and ordered his team to change strategy. A. Lehtosaari charged down the left and had a wonderful opportunity to score the equaliser for Pinter, but the shot went well wide of the goal. With 81 minutes played, M. Kerkhof of Pinter fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Montedonzelli had to make a substitution after 83 minutes. E. Chiellini limped off the field and was replaced by M. Meneghesso. A drive down the left side allowed D. Liguori to get in close and score another goal for Montedonzelli after 84 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to Montedonzelli, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

Pinter's best player was R. Navarro Alas. A. Milán Borja turned in a dismal performance, however. S. Valenti performed admirably for Montedonzelli. On the other hand, D. Liguori's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 2.