Atletico 2 - 1 GSV (381814593)

Clouds darkened the skies at Ludovica Palace as 15852 spectators turned up for the match. Asbjørn Enemark was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Marius Florescu and Carlos Alcañiz Gimeno. Atletico decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. Starters: Assini - Kellermann, Laitio, Kandarakis - Arra, Gáspari, Porretti, Gabaldon - Angioni, Gaye, Thyquist.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for GSV. Lineup: Attazzo - Asta, Ceresato, Mansilla, Zorzon - Borredon, Marafini, Puppola, Battistella - Barbato, Costantini.

GSV demonstrated their creative tactics on the field. After 6 minutes, GSV put themselves up 0 - 1, as G. Battistella finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. 15 minutes into the game, D. Kellermann came close to levelling the score with a dangerous shot from the centre of the area that went just over the bar. After 16 minutes, GSV surprised their opponents with a breakaway counter attack. The defenders had to resort to a foul to stop it. The free kick that followed was a clever indirect effort that almost succeeded, but the defence read the situation well and the intended recipient was left ruing what might have been. After 17 minutes, B. Thyquist made a dash down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the goal that made it 1 - 1. GSV had to make a substitution after 28 minutes. M. Ceresato limped off the field and was replaced by P. Penta. It was 1 - 1 at the break. Atletico claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

Atletico's G. Angioni tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. GSV's A. Marafini got himself booked for a foul. M. Gaye caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 74 minutes. This gave Atletico the 2 - 1 lead. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Atletico, with 58 percent of the ball.

Atletico's best player was M. Gaye. C. Porretti turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating GSV player was without a doubt G. Barbato. G. Battistella on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 1.