Sallustiana 0 - 0 JUVENTUS (382026238)

It had rained all day, but 8269 hardy fans still made it out to Stadio dei Gladiatori. Folkert Jan Borkent was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Riccardo Pia and Hermanis Medutiņš. A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Sallustiana. The following players took the field: Sullivan - Lenart, van Furth, Poiret - Meyrick, Reiziger, Di Fazio, Behiz - Hitrec, van Westerop, Saloharju.

JUVENTUS decided to use a 5-4-1 set up. They fielded: Ruano - Hillebrant, Leparoux, Royant, Trulli, Seydy - Tucci, Plazibat, Dimitrijević, Pinas - Texier.

Sallustiana used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. For their match strategy, JUVENTUS had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. 12 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Sallustiana to take the lead after a good cross from the right found O. Di Fazio alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. Good work by the JUVENTUS defensive line after 13 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found S. Leparoux alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. M. Lenart was having a great game - if anything the pouring rain seemed to be spurring him on! Halftime score was 0 - 0. Sallustiana enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 57 percent of possession.

N. Saloharju spent most of the time in a heap on the ground today, his normally rapid movement hindered by the slippery pitch. The boggy pitch disrupted the game, especially for technical players like B. Hitrec. At 76 minutes played, N. Saloharju came in from the right with the intention of giving Sallustiana the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. 77 minutes into the game JUVENTUS managed a counterattack, but R. Royant took a soft shot from the left flank that was easy prey for the alert keeper. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, M. Lenart got himself booked. The manager of Sallustiana was not happy. Sallustiana's M. Behiz tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Sallustiana, with 63 percent of the ball.

Sallustiana's top performer was clearly O. Di Fazio. However, N. Saloharju made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating JUVENTUS player was without a doubt K. Plazibat. A. Ruano on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 0.