Eagles 0 - 1 Coverciano (381805356)

22452 punters turned up at Eagles Arena - Non mollare mai!, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Alejandro Vara was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Asko Myllytie and Tomek Dyka. Eagles tactics involved an interesting 5-3-2 combination. Lineup: González-Colloto - Maggipinto, Zanfardino, Mogo, Manzati, Brevdo - Czech, Lehnherr, Pijl - Eckermann, Mertens.

Coverciano had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Piripilli - Cicero, Chiarenza, Lanconelli - Carapelle, Casola, Farnese, Brogna, Scafà - Simionato, Dybo.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Eagles. S. Brogna received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 3 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. 14 minutes in, Coverciano's G. Casola received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Coverciano's L. Carapelle could have put the guests one up after 27 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but Ó. González-Colloto was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. After 29 minutes Coverciano's G. Casola limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. In a rapid move 38 minutes into the match, G. Scafà of Coverciano lost his man and passed the ball to the unmarked A. Dybo who easily hit it home to make it 0 - 1. Luckily the ref didn't see him taunting the opposing fans in celebration - naughty boy! 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Coverciano, with 51 percent of the ball.

G. Scafà was, after 79 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper Ó. González-Colloto made the save. Possession in this half belonged to Coverciano, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

Eagles's top performer was clearly G. Eckermann. However, J. Lehnherr made a disastrous appearance. Coverciano's best player was A. Dybo. S. Brogna on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 1.