Fiorita 3 - 1 Montesacro (381723823)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 31901 to Park Hotel. Nick Hindel was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Timo Schlotmann and Bernie Verhoeven. Fiorita decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. They fielded: Watthé - Dekker, Vaskivuori, Adamopoulos - Astorga, Pfaller, Bessen, Fundoni - Nissinen, Lourenço Pereira, Droste.

Montesacro tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. The following players took the field: Genovese - Predojević, Penápolis, Larios Paterna - Lio, Nunes, Stampi, Gabàs - Seminara, Miedema, Cristante.

Fiorita used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. Montesacro had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 12 minutes in when D. Nunes came up alone against I. Watthé who managed a block. Fiorita's T. Droste was shown a yellow card after 18 minutes for slicing down an opponent. D. Dekker caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 29 minutes. This gave Fiorita the 1 - 0 lead. Fiorita's M. Pfaller saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 33 minutes. After 34 minutes, Montesacro sent a free kick in high over the penalty box. In what looked like a well-rehearsed move, the ball was headed backwards and reached S. Miedema, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 1 - 1. 1 - 1 was the score after the first half. Fiorita had most of the ball, with 52 percent of possession.

Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 47 minutes, Fiorita did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, T. Droste was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 2 - 1. D. Cristante of Montesacro received a yellow card after 57 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Fiorita had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Fiorita's D. Dekker increasing the lead to 3 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to Fiorita, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

Most important Fiorita player was T. Droste. I. Watthé on the other hand, had a terrible day. Montesacro's best player was S. Miedema. On the other hand, E. Larios Paterna's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 1.