Rominkia 3 - 2 atletico (382013049)

14000 spectators had found their way to Giuseppe Longhi, despite the heavy rain. Frédéric Raymond was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Lucien De Groof and Indi Vanriet. Rominkia had chosen a strategic 4-3-3 formation. The following players had been chosen: Filipovic Ricci - Deaconu, Paavilainen, Ellenberger, Sandebeck - Pimpo, Bresliev, Crivellari - Žemikis, Frisone, Stenger.

atletico decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. Lineup: Văcaru - Fedencrini, Matz, Tapkaç - Stoyanov, Shim, Huijdts, Nachmias - Laak, Pili, Gaudino.

atletico saw most attack opportunities on the wings. atletico's Y. Huijdts gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 26 minutes with a superb strike from the right. P. Gaudino spent most of the time in a heap on the ground today, his normally rapid movement hindered by the slippery pitch. atletico were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. After 35 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed K. Laak to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 2. After this, you could see that the players of atletico were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. M. Filipovic Ricci kept the home side in the game with a magnificent save when A. Stoyanov delivered an almost perfect free kick to the far post. Rominkia's B. Frisone cut towards the middle after 40 minutes, receiving a brilliant pass and slicing through the visiting team's central defence, reducing the lead to 1 - 2. 1 - 2 was the score after the first half. atletico claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

Rominkia's A. Žemikis put his head to a well placed ball, lifted in from the left, and scored to make the score 2 - 2 with 60 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock. They were singing the praises of D. Bresliev 66 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 3 - 2 to Rominkia. B. Frisone unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. Rominkia's defence sent a ball soaring up the middle on a beautiful counterattack with 85 minutes gone, but U. Stenger's finish was met by the reaching hands of the keeper. Possession in this half belonged to atletico, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

The most dominating Rominkia player was without a doubt B. Frisone. On the other hand, I. Deaconu's play was disheartening. atletico's top performer was clearly A. Stoyanov. P. Gaudino turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 2.