Ciardinha 4 - 1 Rovellasca (381820546)

18000 spectators arrived at TecchienaCanà, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Quinzinho Fandango was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gustavo Ledesma and Claudio Sciuto. Ciardinha had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Gélard - Pilarsky, van der Lugt, Boschiroli - Kristiansen, Vangelis, De lotto, Stivoli, Fuksa - Viola, Halama.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Rovellasca. Starters: Meliñir - Vekki, Redinger, Peretti - Kölner, Szczeszek, Bertelli, Czerny, Malone - Fogellind, Delvigo.

Ciardinha were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. It was an obvious ambition of Rovellasca to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. Ciardinha's M. Boschiroli tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. With 11 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. P. Redinger put the ball away for 0 - 1. After 26 minutes, Ciardinha raised their score by one when S. Fuksa's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by L. Halama. 1 - 1. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, A. Vangelis scored for Ciardinha putting them ahead 2 - 1, after 36 minutes. B. Kristiansen could have put Ciardinha up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 37 minutes. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 1. Ciardinha claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

Rovellasca's right side looked dangerous 54 minutes in, but M. Gélard made a good save on P. Redinger's hard shot to the top corner. Ciardinha's B. Kristiansen increased the lead to 3 - 1, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 75 minutes. Confident in their lead, Ciardinha's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. C. Viola of Ciardinha was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Players in Ciardinha heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Ciardinha scored another to make it 4 - 1 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for C. Viola after 79 minutes. Ciardinha's T. van der Lugt was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 80 minutes. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Ciardinha, with 61 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Ciardinha player was without a doubt M. Stivoli. However, M. Gélard made a disastrous appearance. Most important Rovellasca player was P. Fogellind. On the other hand, T. Vekki's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 1.