Napolì 2 - 1 Cobra11 (381922081)

A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 13896 to San Paolo. Csanád Jancsó was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Onur Özkam and Erland Balle. Napolì had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Thinggaard - Özkent, Crimi, Laponder - De Meeter, Van Dyck, Winterstetter, Kniffka, De Milato - Vukosavljević, Kirchgasser.

Cobra11 started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. They fielded: Rudzikas - Ecesun, Reig, Sutera, Chassat - van Hooijdonck, Zangrossi, Lemut, Cazzani - Lazzaro, Møller Pedersen.

Cobra11 mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. Making his way up the middle 27 minutes into the match, C. Crimi almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert G. Rudzikas blocked it to keep the score level. G. Sutera of Cobra11 was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Cobra11's K. Møller Pedersen had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 38 minutes having been played. C. Fundoni was the replacement. C. Crimi of Napolì received a yellow card after 39 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. The swift technical skills of C. Fundoni were often too much for the tall but somewhat slow B. Özkent who was humiliated after 40 minutes. He'll be breathing a huge sigh of relief after the final shot went wide. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. Napolì had most of the ball, with 62 percent of possession.

R. Winterstetter didn't pace himself at all, and after a series of daring offensive runs he was too tired to help out in the defensive play. After 75 minutes, the Cobra11 coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving A. Cazzani off the field. O. Mulas took his place. Given a free kick close to the byline, Napolì tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let R. Kirchgasser slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 1 - 0, 80 minutes into the game. 81 minutes into the game, E. De Milato had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came C. Canuti. C. Fundoni enjoyed the sunshine and demonstrated his stunning technique over and over again. It wasn't a good day at all for C. Crimi. His powerful style of play just didn't fit the bill on this warm day. Napolì managed to extend their lead to 2 - 0 when O. Vukosavljević cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. Cobra11 managed to reduce the score to 2 - 1 as O. Mulas finished off a well-played combination from the left, easily carving through the defence. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Napolì, with 60 percent of the ball.

Napolì's best player was W. Van Dyck. On the other hand, R. De Meeter's play was disheartening. C. Fundoni performed admirably for Cobra11. However, H. Ecesun made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 1.