Dileris 1 - 2 LIUTAI (383711636)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 32625 at Delle Alpi today. Marko Miklošič was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Lennart Jaakkola and Thankmar Bubeck. Dileris tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. The following players took the field: González - Renblom, Alavuković, Scipioni, Guzmán, Carbone - dos Reis, Dias Graça, Rohrhofer, Gądek - Moita Flores.

LIUTAI started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Aksinavičius - Beaufort, Minnema, Antonacci - Majdak, Gavrilenkovas, Tičkauskas, Krupičovičius, Merola - Sazonovas, Gómez.

LIUTAI were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. One of many good crosses from E. dos Reis on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by O. Moita Flores, who scored for Dileris. 1 - 0 V. Carbone had a fantastic opportunity to put Dileris up another goal 27 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. The crowd gasped as Z. Dias Graça of Dileris was flattened by an opponent after 34 minutes and had to be carried off. V. Ulvidas came in off the bench. After 36 minutes Dileris's A. Gądek contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. E. Gavrilenkovas made a good effort at breaking through on the right, but the home team's left defence cleared the ball to a corner. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. LIUTAI enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 66 percent of possession.

The visitors' T. Antonacci was alert after a cross coming in from the left, levelling the score at 1 - 1 after 65 minutes. After 70 minutes, LIUTAI put themselves up 1 - 2, as M. Tičkauskas finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. After 74 minutes LIUTAI's E. Gómez limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. Possession in this half belonged to LIUTAI, who controlled the ball 70 percent of the time.

Dileris's top performer was clearly O. Moita Flores. V. Ulvidas on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating LIUTAI player was without a doubt M. Tičkauskas. However, A. Sazonovas made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 2.