International 0 - 2 somarelli (382045906)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 6199 had shown up at Arena Internatonal for the match. Hardy Mullen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Lourenço Grelha and Igor Legarreta. International had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Starters: Siegele - Ternavasio, Lo Bascio, Celadin, Mittermair - Zenzola, Maggipinto, Fanasca, Dall'Agnol - Facci, Marino.

somarelli tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: Blasilli - Villalambrus, Polica, Kunej, Zappalà - Gherzi, Monteiro, Friggieri, Pompili - Sutera, Niemi.

After a fine move down the middle G. Facci nearly gave the home side a goal after 12 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. 22 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but A. Polica, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. K. Mittermair always provides an aerial threat at corners, and with 30 minutes gone, he demonstrated this, outjumping his marker, then letting out an anguished howl as his powerful header went narrowly wide. It was 0 - 0 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by somarelli, with 56 percent of the ball.

The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when T. Niemi was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 53 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! somarelli took the lead after 55 minutes making the score 0 - 1. A. Zappalà placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. After 57 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave S. Gherzi a chance to increase the lead for somarelli, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 2. With the scoreboard showing that 71 minutes had been played, somarelli nearly put themselves up another goal after A. Polica came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. somarelli enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 65 percent of possession.

International's best player was M. Lo Bascio. V. Celadin on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating somarelli player was without a doubt T. Niemi. S. Friggieri was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 2.