Artonis 1 - 2 SquadraMaterasso (381791544)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 27878 to VerdArton Stadium. Hunter Caffyn was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alexandre Dias Brandão and Marc Wu. Artonis decided to use a 5-3-2 set up. Lineup: Poerlein - Bořuta, Ludmann, Amunátegui, Vermeiren, Chatzikos - Schoofs, Volbergs, Bajs - Zipoli, Pukki.

SquadraMaterasso tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: 智国 (Zhiguo) - Pinzón, van Mierlo - Cloo, Boisio, Andrade, Askanazyan, Yaraş - Atenas, Peccia, Bateman.

Artonis clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. SquadraMaterasso were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 26 minutes into the match, and A. Peccia wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 0 - 1 for the visitors. The home crowd was not impressed when J. Atenas came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 31 minutes. SquadraMaterasso were now up 0 - 2. At this point, it was obvious that the players of SquadraMaterasso lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. 38 minutes into the game Artonis managed a counterattack, but J. Pukki took a soft shot from the left flank that was easy prey for the alert keeper. SquadraMaterasso's I. Cloo showed his experience after 40 minutes, as he expertly set himself up to take advantage of a rebound off the crossbar, but his shot was tipped harmlessly out of the way. 0 - 2 was the score after the first half. SquadraMaterasso had most of the ball, with 60 percent of possession.

Artonis almost scored after a counterattack 60 minutes into the match, but K. Chatzikos took a shot from the left that landed harmlessly in the side of the net. After the ball was lifted in from the left, J. Atenas was on his own in the home side's penalty area and should have scored after 61 minutes, but missed, probably due to lack of concentration. Ç. Yaraş came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over A. Poerlein but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. The goal to make it 1 - 2 was scored by A. Bajs after 71 minutes, following an opportunistic counterattack down the middle by Artonis. The SquadraMaterasso players could smell victory in the air. I. Cloo wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for E. Gerlicher after 77 minutes. The coach of SquadraMaterasso was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 78 minutes, K. Fournier came on for M. Pinzón. A. Boisio wanted to play on, but the SquadraMaterasso coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 79 minutes into the game by R. Taevere. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by SquadraMaterasso, with 62 percent of the ball.

C. Zipoli performed admirably for Artonis. A. Poerlein on the other hand, had a terrible day. SquadraMaterasso's best player was V. Andrade. However, 黄. 智国 (Zhiguo) made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 2.