atletico 1 - 0 Lecce (382298542)

Clear skies welcomed the 11804 spectators who had made their way to palollo Arena. Dragomir Rotaru was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ove ''Masas'' Lönnner and Lelos Mouratis. atletico had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Marafini - Angius, Chiavegatti, Carlesso, Tortora - Interlandi, Sensale, Rosella, Teso - Dolce, Malinverni.

Lecce started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Starters: Oliva - Scognamillo, Chessa, De iudicubus, Papero - Olivucci, Gilli, Comparini, Ceneda - Reffgen, Gianninoni.

Making his way up the middle 30 minutes into the match, A. Sensale almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert G. Oliva blocked it to keep the score level. The bicycle kick from F. Teso would have been the Goal of the Year for atletico, had it not hit the post. F. Teso caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 40 minutes. This gave atletico the 1 - 0 lead. With 41 minutes played, A. Ceneda of Lecce fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to atletico, who controlled the ball 64 percent of the time.

With 67 minutes played, D. Malinverni could have brought this one home for atletico as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. B. De iudicubus received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 70 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. Lecce had a great opportunity to score following a counterattack after 73 minutes, but V. Gianninoni's shot from the left sailed high over the bar. atletico claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 67 percent.

atletico's best player was D. Malinverni. J. Chiavegatti turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Lecce player was R. Reffgen. However, F. Scognamillo made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 0.