Passo 0 - 2 Kuusela (385538839)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 18790 at FC Passo Arena today. Nicola Haye was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gyula Fehér and David Moran. Passo started off with a 5-4-1 lineup. Starters: Kraľovanský - De Benetti, Orsi, Conxo, Vainio, Silverman - Metsikkö, Iorga, Brightbill, Muratore - Virgadamo.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Kuusela. The following players took the field: Ericsson - Haut, Bakkerode, Palmeira - Laviolette, Ménard, van Sonnen, Matulík, Virag - Valencia Dongo, Simlinger.

Kuusela seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 26 minutes into the match, and M. Palmeira wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 0 - 1 for the visitors. It was 0 - 1 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Kuusela, who controlled the ball 77 percent of the time.

51 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as Z. Matulík finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. The Kuusela coach was visibly pleased with the score so far, but still ordered a few tactical changes 70 minutes into the game. The coach of Kuusela was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 70 minutes, P. Van Hamme came on for H. Haut. With 86 minutes played, H. Valencia Dongo nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. After 87 minutes, the defensive line of Passo created a counterattack through the middle that gave T. Virgadamo a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. 88 minutes into the match Kuusela's P. Van Hamme head butted an opponent nastily, and so the referee sent him off immediately. Kuusela enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 79 percent of possession.

Passo's top performer was clearly E. Brightbill. On the other hand, M. Muratore's play was disheartening. Z. Matulík performed admirably for Kuusela. E. Laviolette turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 2.