Salza 1 - 1 S.S.CAVE (381942564)

The crowd of 8610 turning up at OLIMPICO DI SALZA today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Carlos Hernán Claros was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Kai Olé Leege and Ryan Jack. Salza had chosen a strategic 4-3-3 formation. The following players took the field: Liciu - Vivian, Buta, Okanay, Ragatzu - Pedraza, Granfeldt, Orazi - Papoutsakis, Bochyński, Wenjack.

A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for S.S.CAVE. Starters: Jauregibarria - Ledžius, Jannot, Vertemati, Karopoulos, Štejnar - Csíkvári, Dubray, Fernandez, Barneveld - Birch.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of S.S.CAVE. H. Isoviita was called on to replace S.S.CAVE's J. Jauregibarria after 15 minutes following a nasty collision. After 27 minutes, a long pass from Salza's D. Orazi caught the defence out of position. R. Papoutsakis collected the ball, and with the goal at his mercy calmly rolled the ball just inside the post. 1 - 0. Thighs bulging, C. Vertemati charged past the weaker players, seemingly oblivious to the rain. The bench was restless, and with 42 minutes passed S.S.CAVE's coach gave W. Lemaire the opportunity the player had been hoping for. C. Jannot reluctantly left the field. Halftime score was 1 - 0. Salza claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

After 47 minutes, S.S.CAVE switched A. Barneveld with H. Paiva, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. S.S.CAVE almost scored after a swift counterattack 67 minutes into the game, but C. Vertemati put the shot from the left flank just outside the goal. With 76 minutes played, the visitors could have drawn level after S. Fernandez came through the middle, but his kick went wide. C. Vertemati tied the game at 1 - 1 after 78 minutes, when he converted an incredible pass from the right. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Salza, with 53 percent of the ball.

Most important Salza player was Ł. Bochyński. However, U. Okanay made a disastrous appearance. C. Vertemati performed admirably for S.S.CAVE. M. Dubray on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 1.