Legends 4 - 0 rapido (382898786)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 44051 had shown up at Legends Arena for the match. Per Grundby was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Cristoph Stoike and Øystein Fimreite. Legends tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Üçek - Seccia, Forsell, Ţăranu - Fröschl, Egartner, Antonarelli, Prazeres, Menke - 安藤 (Ando), Picone.

rapido decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Borella - Tulling, del Río, Yeznigyan - Steinberg, Fuensalida, Gómez de Villamayor, Macrì, Dominici - Paz, Vienovirta.

Legends mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. It was obvious that team Legends had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. 憲. 安藤 (Ando) caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 8 minutes. This gave Legends the 1 - 0 lead. 10 minutes into the match, P. Menke could have extended the lead, but his powerful free kick went just over the bar. Coming from the right, V. Picone almost managed to score another goal for Legends, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. Legends's E. Seccia had an excellent opportunity after 35 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! Legends's V. Picone saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 36 minutes. 1 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Legends, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

憲. 安藤 (Ando) could have increased the lead after 64 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. After 77 minutes, Legends raised their score by one when F. Fröschl's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by V. Picone. 2 - 0. 78 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as N. Prazeres broke through, making the score 3 - 0 for Legends. Legends were given a gift! The ref dubiously awarded them a penalty 79 minutes into the match, which was neatly put away by P. Menke. 4 - 0 for the home side. After 82 minutes a very unfortunate collision in the penalty area led to rapido's M. Yeznigyan being carried off the pitch and replaced by F. Miežinys. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Legends, with 54 percent of the ball.

C. Antonarelli performed admirably for Legends. C. Egartner on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important rapido player was T. Vienovirta. F. Miežinys turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 0.