CATRAMMANNU 2 - 1 MAIAL (381960905)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 20903 to MIGLIARI Arena. Saro Mobilia was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sylvain Laborie and Kasper Lang-Nielsen. CATRAMMANNU had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Ruberto - Vicko, Hjertkvist, Shin - Venegas, Garnier, Tomber, Shakrooka, Salvemini - Ajba, Nadeždić.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for MAIAL. They fielded: Gallina - Brondel, Kiževičius, Pannek, Guttempler - Leystra, Jongbloed, Malseinen, Mazières, Güáqueta - Di Chio.

They were singing the praises of P. Nadeždić 6 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to CATRAMMANNU. 1 - 0 was the score after the first half. CATRAMMANNU had most of the ball, with 63 percent of possession.

MAIAL were close to putting the equaliser away after 48 minutes as the opposing defence lost control of the ball to E. Jongbloed in a scuffle towards the left of the goal, but in the end the ball was cleared over the dead ball line. E. Di Chio of MAIAL was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of CATRAMMANNU to 2 - 0 as K. Ajba finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. The counterattacks of MAIAL were deadly and 72 minutes into the game, J. Güáqueta received a nice pass from the right flank, making it 2 - 1. The referee showed MAIAL's C. Malseinen the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Possession in this half belonged to CATRAMMANNU, who controlled the ball 61 percent of the time.

Most important CATRAMMANNU player was L. Hjertkvist. A. Vicko was a disappointment, however. MAIAL's top performer was clearly V. Kiževičius. C. Malseinen on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 1.