sempione 0 - 1 F.C. (381803632)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Parco Sempione saw a crowd turnout of 24967. Simo Palokytö was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Amadee Diel and Serdar Gökbayrak. sempione decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Jungwirth - van Dalen, Hätte, Brum - Papp, Recano, Polinedrio, Mallo, Ljubović - Instinske, Suella.

F.C. tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Sánchez Ochoa - Puel, Frascarelli, Zappalà - Moon, Boussaïdi, Gobbo, Carsí, Beggiato - Martinez, Dukshtein.

F.C. saw most attack opportunities on the wings. After a fine move down the middle A. Suella nearly gave the home side a goal after 5 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. M. Boussaïdi of F.C. was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. F.C. were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. M. Boussaïdi had a good try after 37 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. 0 - 0 was the halftime score. F.C. had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

46 minutes into the game, F.C. wanted to bring some new energy to their game. V. Martinez gave U. Sáez a quick hug as he left the field. sempione had a chance to take the lead after J. Mallo's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 59 minutes. A. Suella would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. W. Sossella entered the game for sempione as the match clock showed 70 minutes. The most controversial moment of the game was likely the penalty given after 77 minutes. F.C.'s I. Dukshtein kept his concentration, despite the upset crowd, and calmly put the ball past the keeper to make the score 0 - 1. P. Da Pos was called on to replace F.C.'s U. Sáez after 86 minutes following a nasty collision. F.C. claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.

Most important sempione player was J. Mallo. F. Jungwirth was a disappointment, however. F.C.'s best player was M. Boussaïdi. On the other hand, P. Da Pos's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 1.