Bandito 1 - 1 Sporting (381748739)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 29673 to Ghigo Arena. Pentti Rautio was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Leon Dardel and Jaron Van Damme. Bandito started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Corrado - Carciofi, Colavitti, Valgimigli - Fundoni, Köhner, El-Ibrahim, Batalha, Smyczyński - Josep, Boros.

Sporting tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Irarrázaval - Vatral, Vandoninck, Kleinmühlen - Menegon, Totti, Peräkoski, Cid, Cervellone - Jiménez, Gómez de la Blanca.

After a fine move down the middle S. Carciofi nearly gave the home side a goal after 34 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. It was 0 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Bandito, who controlled the ball 60 percent of the time.

The crowd groaned its disapproval when G. Josep missed a free kick that would have given Bandito the lead after 76 minutes. Sporting's I. Kleinmühlen had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 78 minutes having been played. N. Fetahu was the replacement. Sporting's A. Peräkoski showed off his trademark ability to do the unexpected with a tricky pass after 83 minutes. Unfortunately, G. Menegon was startled by the play and wasn't able to control the finish. Sporting had to make a substitution after 86 minutes. F. Irarrázaval limped off the field and was replaced by J. Buchmann. S. Valgimigli caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 88 minutes. This gave Bandito the 1 - 0 lead. A. Peräkoski was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was blocked by the keeper. However, Sporting's P. Vatral managed to get hold of the rebound and tucked the ball into the empty net. 1 - 1 Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Bandito, with 62 percent of the ball.

K. Boros performed admirably for Bandito. However, I. Corrado made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Sporting player was without a doubt T. Totti. J. Buchmann was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 1.