CurvaSud1973 1 - 1 Canà (381746062)

It had rained all day, but 28733 hardy fans still made it out to Campo Testaccio. Brian Barker was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Štěpán Pastyřík and Lorens Eugens. CurvaSud1973 decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Buliga - Kosto, Klinterberg, Howell - Burioni, Huyghe, Giacobazzi, Smith, Hegedűs - Gauthier, Frankowski.

Canà had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Van Steenberge - Trivellin, Graziuso, Mazzolani - Torrado, Dermendzhiev, Bizzini, Gorissen, Bleuer - Gessl, Banchelli.

They were singing the praises of C. Frankowski 13 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to CurvaSud1973. The boggy pitch disrupted the game, especially for technical players like F. Giacobazzi. C. Frankowski could have increased the lead after 34 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. With 35 minutes played, Canà's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to S. Gessl he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 1 - 1. J. Gorissen did not have a good day today, often losing his footing on the muddy pitch. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 1. CurvaSud1973 claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

After a fine move down the middle K. Howell nearly gave the home side a goal after 58 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. CurvaSud1973 were very close to putting themselves one up after 65 minutes as L. Hegedűs got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. 82 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for CurvaSud1973 to take the lead after a good cross from the right found M. Smith alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. CurvaSud1973's M. Gauthier tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by CurvaSud1973, with 58 percent of the ball.

CurvaSud1973's best player was C. Frankowski. V. Buliga was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Canà player was without a doubt S. Gessl. G. Mazzolani on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 1.