Montesacro 5 - 1 Fiorita (381723837)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 35881 had shown up at F.C. Montesacro Arena for the match. Florian Złotoś was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ferriol Aguilera and Danilo Fagioli. Montesacro started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. They fielded: Genovese - Predojević, Penápolis, Larios Paterna - Lio, Gabàs, Nunes, Stampi - Cristante, Miedema, Seminara.

Fiorita tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: Gorrochategui - Dekker, Vaskivuori, Adamopoulos - Astorga, Pfaller, Bessen, Fundoni - Nissinen, Lourenço Pereira, Droste.

Fiorita clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. After 6 minutes, Fiorita's A. Fundoni made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. Montesacro's S. Miedema almost tied things up with 12 minutes played after breaking through on the right, but his shot deflected off the post. J. Vaskivuori got left behind when Montesacro's D. Cristante made a sudden run forward after 19 minutes, finishing off with a neat strike. 1 - 1! After 21 minutes, the home side was awarded a penalty. The visitors protested wildly but the referee was adamant. E. Larios Paterna easily put the ball away to give the lead to Montesacro. 2 - 1 B. Predojević could have increased the lead after 30 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, A. Nissinen got himself booked. The manager of Fiorita was not happy. It was 2 - 1 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Montesacro, with 59 percent of the ball.

Montesacro put themselves up 3 - 1 when S. Seminara broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. Fiorita kept trying to force their way through on the right side and R. Lourenço Pereira got his chance after 67 minutes, but the home side's defence held their position and stopped the attack. 69 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as D. Cristante broke through, making the score 4 - 1 for Montesacro. With 81 minutes played, Montesacro's D. Cristante almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. Montesacro's S. Miedema got himself booked for a foul. D. Dekker acted foolishly after 84 minutes, giving the ball up to Montesacro's S. Seminara who had no trouble finding the back of the net. 5 - 1. By now, the players in Montesacro felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Coming in from the right, Fiorita had a good opportunity to convert on a counterattack after 86 minutes, but M. Astorga's attempt to finish was easily stopped. Possession in this half belonged to Montesacro, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

The most dominating Montesacro player was without a doubt D. Cristante. E. Larios Paterna on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Fiorita player was T. Droste. However, C. Gorrochategui made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 5 - 1.