ayeye 2 - 1 SANTEUSTACHIESE (381761012)

Dark skies made the crowd of 22000 at Antistadium a little nervous, but the rain held off. Stephen Lowe was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Köbi Jeuch and Turi Rocco. ayeye tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Ulstrup - Mandreoli, Perales, Kenakkala - Liquori, Leca, Trovò, Lácha, Forte - Modes, Venerucci.

SANTEUSTACHIESE had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Massone - Damian, Ben Khalfallah, Otağ - Fahrenberg, Vukadinović, Kull, Wunderlin, Brokvist - Brząkała, Tryliński.

Today, ayeye's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. ayeye had a good opportunity to take the lead as M. Trovò came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of P. Massone. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to J. Leca, but the ayeye player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! With 21 minutes played, ayeye's E. Liquori almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. J. Kenakkala could have put ayeye up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 30 minutes. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. ayeye enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 60 percent of possession.

SANTEUSTACHIESE levelled the score after 65 minutes to make it 1 - 1, as W. Brząkała struck home after a fine midfield combination through the centre, which left him completely unmarked. With 66 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 2 - 1 lead as G. Venerucci flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave M. Tryliński from SANTEUSTACHIESE a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 71 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! ayeye's M. Trovò got himself booked for a foul. The player down was P. Brokvist. The SANTEUSTACHIESE bench looked worried for a while, but in the end he managed to get up. A great save by keeper P. Massone after 79 minutes kept the visitors in the game after G. Venerucci struck from the left with a real cannonball. ayeye claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 63 percent.

ayeye's best player was J. Leca. E. Liquori on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating SANTEUSTACHIESE player was without a doubt M. Tryliński. On the other hand, P. Massone's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 1.