Mascali 0 - 2 Figino (381836749)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 18175 to Mascali World Soccer Stadium. Ezio Tomasoni was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Paolino Lanconelli and Oğuz Mürsel. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Mascali. Lineup: Szymaniec - Queirolo, Sollinger, Reina - Seclì, André, Agosto, Laurent, Handoyo - Martínez Pérez, Perler.

Figino tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. Starters: Panfilov - Girard, Portillo, Garaz, Scarzanella - Bergianti, Fort, Harth, Muzaku, Floeter - Wilmar.

Today, Mascali's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Figino were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. Mascali made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left J. Martínez Pérez completely alone with keeper G. Panfilov, who made a spectacular block. Some great play up the middle by Mascali led to a chance for N. Reina to score after 10 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. Figino were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 14 minutes into the match, and M. Wilmar wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 0 - 1 for the visitors. It was obvious that Mascali had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. L. Szymaniec got a fingertip on S. Harth's shot from the left 37 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. With 40 minutes played, S. Bergianti nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. Halftime score was 0 - 1. Mascali enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.

As the game started to slip away for Mascali, the manager decided to change the tactical approach. Unhappy with the result so far in the game, the Mascali manager used a brief break in play after 46 minutes to give the players new directives. With the scoreboard showing that 57 minutes had been played, Figino nearly put themselves up another goal after I. Garaz came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. 71 minutes into the game, Figino worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. After 75 minutes, Mascali switched J. Martínez Pérez with H. Blettinger, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. Mascali needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 80 minutes M. Agosto made way for P. Semenzara. With 83 minutes played, the excellent ball from the wing by Figino's S. Bergianti reached M. Wilmar's head, and he is not one to miss such an opportunity - 0 - 2. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Figino, with 52 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Mascali player was without a doubt C. André. H. Blettinger on the other hand, had a terrible day. E. Floeter performed admirably for Figino. On the other hand, G. Panfilov's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 2.