amajana 1 - 4 MonteUrano (381855163)

The 21408 fans in attendance at lamarana stadium were roasting in the hot sun. Sylvain Merlin was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Pat O'Connor and Jens Wahlich. amajana had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. The following players took the field: Tarkowski - Badenes, Humm, Schiller - Lussu, Bul, Rytter, Pindaré - Meehan, Suardi, Forconi.

MonteUrano started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Alesse - Piroddi, Marcatti, Feliciani - Lira, Haesebrouck, Tuch, Thomassen, 鴻勇 (Hongyong) - Comtet, Măniţă.

amajana clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. MonteUrano tried to focus their attacks down the middle. It was obvious that team MonteUrano had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. After 18 minutes, MonteUrano's G. Piroddi made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. After 23 minutes, O. Meehan made a dash down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the goal that made it 1 - 1. The sun seemed to put É. Comtet in a great mood, and he showed off his technical skills all match long. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for amajana, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. MonteUrano were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. 1 - 2 was the score with 35 minutes played, after É. Comtet cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for MonteUrano. MonteUrano had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. The home crowd cheered when, after 37 minutes, 高. 鴻勇 (Hongyong)'s charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. Halftime score was 1 - 2. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by amajana, with 51 percent of the ball.

The fierce heat made it important to save breath, and after a few swift runs R. Badenes found it hard to get back into position. S. Lira received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 67 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 1 - 3. The MonteUrano fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. MonteUrano came close to extending their lead as 高. 鴻勇 (Hongyong) delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 68 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. 77 minutes in, MonteUrano's G. Piroddi received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. R. Badenes's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for amajana, he bravely continued in the match. With 87 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed R. Haesebrouck of MonteUrano to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 1 - 4. The coach of MonteUrano was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 87 minutes, E. Condello came on for D. Măniţă. G. Marcatti wanted to play on, but the MonteUrano coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 87 minutes into the game by F. Delli Santi. At this point, it was obvious that the players of MonteUrano lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. After 88 minutes of game time, É. Comtet had an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors' lead, clipping a volley hooked in from the right, but W. Tarkowski was in the right place and tipped the ball over for a corner. MonteUrano had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

amajana's best player was O. Meehan. R. Badenes was a disappointment, however. Most important MonteUrano player was É. Comtet. E. Condello on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 4.