senza 0 - 1 DegheTeam (381871976)

15000 punters turned up at Euri finiti - Come famo?, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Walter Maier was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Silvano Lasagni and Alfredo Alcántara. senza tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. The following players took the field: Hövelhof - Hochfilzer, Kallmann, Rimon - Frentz, Lähteenmäki, Sinagra, Sellmer - Gironella, Giordano, Pisano.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for DegheTeam. Lineup: Miozzari - Aguiar de Luque, Vana, Malagón, Shahsavan - Mastrota, Zentelis, Sławski, Paneghini - Schambach, Roukesh.

After a fine move down the middle E. Sellmer nearly gave the home side a goal after 18 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. senza's G. Giordano got himself booked for a foul. DegheTeam were forced into a substitution as J. Schambach couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing E. Leblois to come in off the bench. The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when S. Paneghini was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 34 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area with a goal nearly scored by J. Malagón. At last, DegheTeam's J. Shahsavan was able to backheel the ball in. 0 - 1. On any other day, M. Pisano's free kick would have found the back of the net to tie the game for senza, but not today - the visitors' keeper displayed extraordinary reflexes as he blocked the shot harmlessly to the side. Halftime score was 0 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to senza, who controlled the ball 66 percent of the time.

The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave F. Frentz from senza a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 52 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! DegheTeam had a great opportunity to score following a counterattack after 60 minutes, but Z. Zentelis's shot from the left sailed high over the bar. With 77 minutes played, J. Vana of DegheTeam fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. senza had most of the ball, with 61 percent of possession.

senza's best player was H. Hövelhof. E. Sellmer was a disappointment, however. Most important DegheTeam player was J. Vana. However, L. Miozzari made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 1.