.Gothic 3 - 4 benedettini (381961348)

8565 fans braved the pouring rain at Gomez Tower. Bobbie Miedema was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Marcus Sedflod and Ralph Hockler. .Gothic started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Davidovich - Tideman, Scarpelli, Mancinelli - Manzanera, Pind, Spadafora, Griesmayr - Huttula, Terrier, Maragnano.

A 4-3-3 alignment was the formation of choice for benedettini. The following players took the field: Başardı - Ntab, Bombardiello, Tandecki, Olsson - Sprater, Deding, Kautia - Ferreyra, Šedivý, Šego.

benedettini clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. A well placed corner kick from W. Ntab was followed by J. Šedivý's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for benedettini, the score now 0 - 1. .Gothic's M. Griesmayr was shown a yellow card after 35 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The muddy pitch made the game a gritty affair, which seemed to suit E. Kautia just fine. A good free kick by M. Griesmayr would have scored the equaliser for .Gothic, had it not been for the dramatic save by the visitors' goalkeeper. It was 0 - 1 at the break. .Gothic enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

After 54 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave D. Deding a chance to increase the lead for benedettini, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 2. G. Ferreyra received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 58 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 3. The benedettini fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. Confident in their lead, benedettini's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, .Gothic's Ó. Manzanera was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 63 minutes. J. Neitola was given a chance to change things around. A. Corvi was called on to replace benedettini's G. Bombardiello after 64 minutes following a nasty collision. .Gothic reduced the lead to 1 - 3 with 65 minutes on the clock when M. Griesmayr got the best of a ball floated in from the left. After 66 minutes, .Gothic switched L. Spadafora with R. Quintanilla, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. .Gothic needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 80 minutes G. Scarpelli made way for G. Lo Monaco. .Gothic's T. Huttula got the home crowd going when he finished off a left wing charge, reducing the away team's lead to 2 - 3. With the clock showing 82 minutes played, M. Griesmayr equalised for .Gothic after curling a free kick around the defensive wall to make the score 3 - 3. 86 minutes into the match benedettini's E. Kautia head butted an opponent nastily, and so the referee sent him off immediately. benedettini took the lead 87 minutes into the game, making the score 3 - 4 after some elegant movement down the middle. R. Olsson was the scorer. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by .Gothic, with 59 percent of the ball.

T. Huttula performed admirably for .Gothic. However, J. Neitola made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating benedettini player was without a doubt D. Šego. A. Corvi was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 4.