MEGARA 0 - 4 Fiorentina (381747979)

27585 spectators had come to A.C. MEGARA STADIUM this cloudy day. Conrad Miller was the appointed referee with assistance provided by René Wehrheim and Theo Wingold. MEGARA tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Lazăr - Eylon, Stirnimann, Vágfjall - Denver, Hudureanu, Pettersson, Rédey, Arıyüz - Montanuy, Krumskas.

Fiorentina decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Vandini - Villavicencio, Althammer, Rissoson - Jacquat, Gallo, Avallone, Di Capua, Casserres - Nurmiranta, Chuvachenko.

O. Chuvachenko came close to putting the visiting team one up 22 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but E. Lazăr managed to tip the ball to a corner. Fiorentina took the lead 28 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. P. Di Capua was the scorer. It was 0 - 1 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Fiorentina, with 52 percent of the ball.

After 60 minutes Fiorentina nearly put themselves up another goal from a penalty taken by F. Casserres, but the keeper made an unbelievable save. After 64 minutes, Fiorentina's O. Chuvachenko burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 2. After 70 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for O. Chuvachenko who increased Fiorentina's lead to 0 - 3. L. Avallone's lack of experience almost gave MEGARA a goal after 71 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. G. Denver did everything he could to get one back for his MEGARA, but keeper J. Vandini denied him with a spectacular block. O. Chuvachenko received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 77 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 4. The Fiorentina fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. By then O. Chuvachenko had scored three goals - a hat trick! The players of Fiorentina now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. 79 minutes into the match, M. Nurmiranta came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. Possession in this half belonged to Fiorentina, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

MEGARA's best player was F. Rédey. On the other hand, E. Lazăr's play was disheartening. O. Chuvachenko performed admirably for Fiorentina. M. Jacquat on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 4.