Vorwärts 1 - 0 salentino (384948714)

Clouds darkened the skies at GREEN -WITHE DOME as 23470 spectators turned up for the match. Elias Hellersdorf was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Charles Turnbull and Jacob Hering. Vorwärts started off with a 5-3-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Blanco - Pranger, Hauensteiner, Tvorogov, Lachat, Benda - Rezende, Pister, Vitanov - Popescu, Dziedzic.

salentino had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Aguiar - Bakić, D'Ortona, Åhskär - Ya'akobovitch, Hallberg, Astrup, Nowotny, Glitza - Bertoni, Marella.

Vorwärts clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. The guests almost went up by a goal after 24 minutes when F. Bertoni came through and shot from the right. The ball bounced harmlessly off the post, though. Vorwärts mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 25 minutes, but S. Rezende was unable to convert from short range. Coming in from the right, Vorwärts had a good opportunity to convert on a counterattack after 27 minutes, but A. Hauensteiner's attempt to finish was easily stopped. salentino's D. Ya'akobovitch got himself booked for a foul. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. salentino claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

D. Ya'akobovitch had a good opportunity to give salentino the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. Vorwärts were great at switching from defence to attack, and after 63 minutes, C. Dziedzic swept through the middle on a counterattack, making the score 1 - 0. The referee showed salentino's C. Marella the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. In a fantastic display of determination, Vorwärts's S. Rezende forced himself to his feet, after an opponent viciously knocked him down. After 70 minutes, the Vorwärts players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game. With 71 minutes played, the visitors almost levelled the score. F. Bertoni shot a hard curved free kick, striking the post. C. Dziedzic of Vorwärts received a yellow card after 73 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. The Vorwärts coach was visibly pleased with the score so far, but still ordered a few tactical changes 80 minutes into the game. Possession in this half belonged to salentino, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

Most important Vorwärts player was I. Vitanov. W. Benda turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating salentino player was without a doubt W. Nowotny. J. Åhskär on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 0.