SPORTING 2 - 1 Grifone1893 (382408355)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 7294 had shown up at IL PUTTINO STADIUM for the match. Morten Jensen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Daniel Christiansson and Kazimierz Judasz. SPORTING decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Starters: Gasparrini - Cruciani, Femìa, Giambartino, De Palma - Trincas, Burgio, Turri, Sanne - Di Caro, Timperi.

Grifone1893 started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Bologna - Mazzara, Emiliani, Mazzanti, Mammone - Valeis, Galardo, Archetti, Ingrassia - Barel, Noferi.

Grifone1893 made it 0 - 1 as S. Noferi got a touch to the floated corner kick and flicked the ball to O. Barel who whipped a low drive in off the far post. A. Cruciani charged down the left and had a wonderful opportunity to score the equaliser for SPORTING, but the shot went well wide of the goal. Grifone1893 almost scored after a counterattack 26 minutes into the match, but M. Galardo took a shot from the left that landed harmlessly in the side of the net. 27 minutes in, SPORTING's P. Trincas received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. No matter how hard he tried, P. Sanne just couldn't get his shot past the visitors' right side defence after 28 minutes. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to SPORTING, who controlled the ball 69 percent of the time.

SPORTING's S. De Palma put his head to a well placed ball, lifted in from the left, and scored to make the score 1 - 1 with 70 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock. 76 minutes into the game, T. Ingrassia had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came S. Boga. SPORTING's G. Timperi tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. G. Timperi of SPORTING received a yellow card after 86 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Making his way up the middle 87 minutes into the match, N. Burgio almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert D. Bologna blocked it to keep the score level. The celebrations in the stands could only mean one thing - A. Cruciani's free kick had found the back of the net and put SPORTING ahead 2 - 1! SPORTING claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 66 percent.

F. Femìa performed admirably for SPORTING. However, G. Gasparrini made a disastrous appearance. Most important Grifone1893 player was O. Barel. D. Bologna on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 1.