Funamboli 0 - 3 Castle (381746545)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 14604 to Camp Nou. Vardis Skiriotis was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Benjamin Keogh and Sándor Somlyai. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Funamboli. The following players had been chosen: Gambineri - Treccani, Fedeli, Nicolescu - Ferrando, Longobardi, Bulgarelli, Gianninoni, Andrisani - Ciabucchi, Haug.

Castle started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Roso - Miturski, Mannheim, Alexakis - Causarano, Rossetto, Cacace, Raoul, Svendsen - Erle, Šaban.

Castle had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 2 minutes in when R. Rossetto came up alone against C. Gambineri who managed a block. D. Šaban of Castle received a yellow card after 11 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. T. Cacace had a good opportunity to give Castle the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. 22 minutes into the game, R. Rossetto almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. 22 minutes into the game, T. Cacace had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. 0 - 0 was the halftime score. Castle enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 59 percent of possession.

A mistake by the home side's central defence after 47 minutes allowed B. Erle to score for Castle. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1. Castle's P. Raoul was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 61 minutes. The visitors' P. Raoul took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 64 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Castle. P. Raoul left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 65 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. I. Zēbergs was the replacement. A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area with a goal nearly scored by J. Svendsen. At last, Castle's T. Cacace was able to backheel the ball in. 0 - 3. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Castle coach let F. Maeso replace B. Erle after 70 minutes. In an effort to secure the lead, Castle changed their tactic after 72 minutes. C. Gambineri kept the home side in the game with a magnificent save when Z. Miturski delivered an almost perfect free kick to the far post. J. Svendsen wanted to play on, but the Castle coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 82 minutes into the game by N. Saygun. Possession in this half belonged to Castle, who controlled the ball 60 percent of the time.

Funamboli's best player was M. Treccani. On the other hand, A. Nicolescu's play was disheartening. Castle's top performer was clearly D. Šaban. However, N. Saygun made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 3.