returned 3 - 1 FUNAMIS (381801088)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 32761 to Nuovo Stadio "San Paolo". Stefan Ericsson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Najeeb Salman Ajmi and Jarkko Vuori. A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for returned. Starters: Spedicato - Urraca, Crãciun, Hayama - Osol, Zanderink, Gere, Keulen - Milanov, Durgun, Vanhessche.

FUNAMIS decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Lineup: Cash - Avanzolini, Defauw, Di Palma, Marangon - Armaroli, Romagnoli, Bryant, Amadori - Proença, Bass.

The guests almost went up by a goal after 21 minutes when N. Amadori came through and shot from the right. The ball bounced harmlessly off the post, though. It wasn't a pretty goal, but the free kick by T. Hayama after 41 minutes somehow found its way past the keeper. returned takes the lead, 1 - 0! FUNAMIS's G. Romagnoli was shown a yellow card after 42 minutes for slicing down an opponent. returned put in a good effort on the right, but A. Gere saw his volley fly wide of the mark 43 minutes into the game. 44 minutes in, returned appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only weak. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by returned, with 65 percent of the ball.

During the break, returned's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to passable organisation. 74 minutes into the game, returned had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to inadequate. R. Milanov could have increased the lead after 75 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. The visitors' B. Bass was alert after a cross coming in from the left, levelling the score at 1 - 1 after 78 minutes. With 79 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 2 - 1 lead as U. Durgun flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. 83 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as T. Hayama broke through, making the score 3 - 1 for returned. returned claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 62 percent.

returned's top performer was clearly A. Gere. J. Spedicato was a disappointment, however. Most important FUNAMIS player was D. Marangon. On the other hand, K. Defauw's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 1.