Ventura 3 - 1 Dinamo (381745501)

34000 spectators arrived at Stella Ventura ACE Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Steffen Kristiansen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Wojciech Magnowski and Gaetano Gandolfi. Ventura tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Maillard - Braghini, Kürem, Lagreca - Branco, Svensson, Christensen, Passarotto, Taddeo - Benveniste, Olsen.

Dinamo started off with a 5-4-1 lineup. The following players took the field: Fantazzini - Koentas, Fett, Engeskaug, Pettograsso, De Cristofaro - Santiago, Macinkevičius, Krijt, Turkia - Siclari.

Today, Ventura's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Dinamo. It was obvious that Ventura had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. Ventura were very close to putting themselves one up after 14 minutes as Q. Benveniste got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. 31 minutes in, the referee awarded Ventura a penalty. A. Passarotto coolly slotted it home for a 1 - 0 lead. P. Branco of Ventura was able to make an impressive rush past the sluggish M. De Cristofaro, which resulted in a goal making the score 2 - 0. The home crowd was silenced as A. Engeskaug took a successful penalty shot 39 minutes into the game, reducing the home lead to 2 - 1. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Ventura to 3 - 1 as İ. Kürem finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. S. Svensson could have put Ventura up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 42 minutes. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave D. Taddeo from Ventura a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 44 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Ventura, with 63 percent of the ball.

A. Passarotto should probably have put his team up another goal after 62 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by M. Fantazzini kept the visitors in the game. After 63 minutes Dinamo tried to exploit their counterattacking skills, unfortunately, S. Siclari's shot sailed wide after his break down the right. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Ventura coach let J. Stefansson replace S. Svensson after 65 minutes. In an effort to secure the lead, Ventura changed their tactic after 70 minutes. S. Siclari had a couple of good opportunities to reply, but the home team's keeper D. Maillard was simply unbeatable. 84 minutes into the game Dinamo managed a counterattack, but S. Siclari took a soft shot from the left flank that was easy prey for the alert keeper. Ventura had most of the ball, with 64 percent of possession.

The most dominating Ventura player was without a doubt A. Passarotto. P. Branco was a disappointment, however. Most important Dinamo player was S. Siclari. However, M. De Cristofaro made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 1.