Real 4 - 1 Regno (381874257)

15368 punters turned up at Stiatico Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Heriberto Canchanya was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Soenke Keiling and Martin Fink Jensen. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Real. The following players had been chosen: Valenzuela - Darocha, Del Sal, Malinverni - Hutton, Conte, Fitas, Özsözlü, Oliver - Terrosi, van Wieringen.

Regno started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. Starters: Coccia - Costinha, Monfray, Rampinini - Serra, Scheiwiller, Del Chicca, Precisamente - Sgrazzutti, Amori, Apicella.

The strategy for Regno was to use their ability to press. The pressing tactics used by Regno were successful as the ball remained close to the half way line at all times. Real's D. Oliver was shown a yellow card after 19 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Regno were forced into a substitution as A. Monfray couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing O. Belardo to come in off the bench. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, A. Hutton scored for Real putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 28 minutes. After 30 minutes, S. van Wieringen sent the corner kick right to D. Conte who headed it sharply past the keeper. 2 - 0! At this point, it was obvious that the players of Real lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. D. Conte increased the lead for Real to 3 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! At this time in the match, Regno were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. 3 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Real, who controlled the ball 82 percent of the time.

Regno's B. Scheiwiller refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 74 minutes. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. S. van Wieringen squirmed through their central defence after 75 minutes, increasing the lead to 4 - 0. 79 minutes in, Real's S. van Wieringen received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. M. Del Sal should probably have put his team up another goal after 80 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by Z. Coccia kept the visitors in the game. A great save by keeper Z. Coccia after 83 minutes kept the visitors in the game after D. Conte struck from the left with a real cannonball. Regno reduced the deficit to 4 - 1 with a penalty placed perfectly beside the left post by M. Serra. Real claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 82 percent.

Real's top performer was clearly E. Fitas. On the other hand, B. Malinverni's play was disheartening. Regno's best player was E. Sgrazzutti. O. Belardo on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 1.