pinitofc 3 - 0 martoko (382977365)

Dark skies made the crowd of 17640 at San Ignacio a little nervous, but the rain held off. Kevin McBean was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Vittorio Scirea and Luca Chiezzi Porrini. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for pinitofc. They fielded: Bauer - Vergara, Delahaye, Rexhepi - Creţu, Vita, Koshkin, Derecichei, Derraji - Mosely, Hamzaj.

martoko started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Agüero - Barrés, Nagy, Sánchez Valera - Epelde, Díaz de Ledesma, Christiaens, Isasi, das Pontes - Leng Wan, Alcántara.

pinitofc displayed their ability to play creatively. pinitofc's K. Derraji was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - J. Mosely managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 1 - 0 after 3 minutes. pinitofc's J. Mosely saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 13 minutes. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, K. Derraji got himself booked. The manager of pinitofc was not happy. pinitofc managed to extend their lead to 2 - 0 when A. Creţu cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. martoko's T. Leng Wan was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 40 minutes. martoko certainly deserved a goal after some stunning play down the left, but I. Christiaens just wasn't able to finish. Halftime score was 2 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by pinitofc, with 63 percent of the ball.

A. Creţu almost put pinitofc ahead another goal when he curled a free kick over the defensive wall and almost into the net, but the visitors' keeper got there just in time to knock it wide. pinitofc put in a good effort on the right, but A. Creţu saw his volley fly wide of the mark 49 minutes into the game. 53 minutes into the game martoko managed a counterattack, but L. Alcántara took a soft shot from the left flank that was easy prey for the alert keeper. After a savage shot that could only be parried by the keeper, P. Hamzaj demonstrated his experience by being in just the right place to slot home the rebound. His goal for pinitofc 55 minutes into the match made the score 3 - 0. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, martoko's P. das Pontes was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 70 minutes. V. Torre was given a chance to change things around. K. Derraji was ever so close to scoring after an excellent corner was beautifully flicked on by E. Rexhepi, but the ball bounced off the post to safety. With 71 minutes played, pinitofc's S. Vita almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. Content with how the game was proceeding, the pinitofc coach let F. Azcano replace A. Creţu after 80 minutes. J. Mosely wanted to play on, but the pinitofc coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 85 minutes into the game by Y. Sikkens. pinitofc enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 63 percent of possession.

pinitofc's best player was P. Derecichei. F. Azcano was a disappointment, however. martoko's top performer was clearly L. Alcántara. On the other hand, I. Sánchez Valera's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 0.