salento 3 - 1 Rullus (382926628)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 25000 had shown up at gran vìa del mar for the match. Sibrand van Baren was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Albrecht Schöneweide and Victor Ernststen. salento decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Costa - Kivinurm, Luci, Keränen - Mazlum, Hải Đăng, Kaustio, Palmarini, Klimek - Andreuccetti, Lecaros.

Rullus tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Santoro - Sarıbay, Sobeck, Opriţescu - Carnevale, Mar Zueros, Gragnani, Boudier, Izaurralde - Schifano, Lis.

salento took the lead 16 minutes into the game by 1 - 0, as H. Kivinurm elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. 23 minutes in, Rullus's C. Mar Zueros received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The home side's R. Lecaros came close to extending the lead 30 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but G. Santoro managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. G. Andreuccetti had a fantastic opportunity to put salento up another goal 34 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by salento, with 66 percent of the ball.

A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in salento's R. Lecaros increasing the lead to 2 - 0. After this, you could see that the players of salento were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. Rullus's E. Carnevale showed his experience after 59 minutes, as he expertly set himself up to take advantage of a rebound off the crossbar, but his shot was tipped harmlessly out of the way. salento's E. Luci saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 60 minutes. Rullus managed to reduce the score to 2 - 1 as R. Lis finished off a well-played combination from the left, easily carving through the defence. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. G. Andreuccetti squirmed through their central defence after 72 minutes, increasing the lead to 3 - 1. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave E. Luci from salento a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 75 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! With 77 minutes played, salento's E. Luci almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. R. Lecaros's curling free kick almost found the goal for salento, but the visitors' keeper somehow managed to get ahold of it. Possession in this half belonged to salento, who controlled the ball 68 percent of the time.

salento's best player was R. Lecaros. D. Costa on the other hand, had a terrible day. Rullus's top performer was clearly R. Lis. İ. Sarıbay was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 1.