Napoli 1 - 1 freccia (381785261)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 24042 had shown up at Stadio S. Paolo for the match. Killian Conil was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Emile Chaigneau and Jim Cowan. Napoli started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Bamber - Dioskouros, Paintinger, Fandl, Niño - Brancato, Kohlíček, Arndt, Petrukovskis - Artavazdyan, Del Pino.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for freccia. The following players had been chosen: Vauthier - Gotlib, Jonasson, Ziengs - Sartin, Wen Yau, Rozental, Saba, dos Santos - Ceccarelli, Dhondt.

Today, Napoli's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. It was an obvious ambition of freccia to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. 35 minutes into the game, J. Bamber had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came B. Visaggio. 37 minutes into the game, A. Jonasson had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. 40 minutes in, Napoli's T. Brancato received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. W. Paintinger was very close to giving Napoli the lead with an ingenious free kick routine 41 minutes into the match, but the ball just grazed the bar. E. Rozental dispatched a majestic long shot 42 minutes into the match, but missed the goal by a few metres. Napoli took the lead after 43 minutes as a result of T. Brancato's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by freccia, with 61 percent of the ball.

The coach of Napoli was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 46 minutes, G. Pozzoni came on for M. Kohlíček. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Napoli coach let G. Liaci replace T. Brancato after 46 minutes. The Napoli captaincy was handed to N. Del Pino. Players in freccia heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. B. Visaggio's name was chanted throughout the stadium after he made a fantastic save from A. Ceccarelli's shot from the left 51 minutes into the match. After 53 minutes, the visitors levelled the scores after P. Sartin made it through the middle and struck home to make it 1 - 1. freccia had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 61 minutes in when A. Ceccarelli came up alone against B. Visaggio who managed a block. G. Pozzoni of Napoli was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. 79 minutes into the game, H. Ziengs was a hair's breadth away from giving freccia the lead with a shot from over on the left. A prompt block by B. Visaggio saved the home team that time. freccia enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 64 percent of possession.

N. Del Pino performed admirably for Napoli. G. Pozzoni turned in a dismal performance, however. freccia's best player was A. Ceccarelli. However, E. Rozental made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 1.