Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and
San Siro saw a crowd turnout of 54289.
Santiago Delgado was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Teunis van de Kraats and
Petter Fredin.
EgrandeMilan tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination.
The following players took the field: Santa - Dailly, de Zeeuw, Valdés - Ćirić, Križek, Hidalgo, Waitipu, Russo - Milan, González Carbonera.
Horsens had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation.
They fielded: Heyde - Villumsen, Torp, Voldbirk - Flyvholm, Danmark, Næsborg, Kongshøj, Vestergren - Stenak, Glistrup.
Almost all the way down to the corner flag, EgrandeMilan's
V. Russo somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for
D. Milan, who struck for 1 - 0.
J. Pallesen was called on to replace EgrandeMilan's
D. Milan after 31 minutes following a nasty collision.
D. Križek had a fantastic opportunity to put EgrandeMilan up another goal 32 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar.
EgrandeMilan's
V. Russo got himself booked for a foul.
J. Voldbirk's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for Horsens, he bravely continued in the match.
1 - 0 was the halftime score.
Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by EgrandeMilan, with 59 percent of the ball.
J. Pallesen could have put EgrandeMilan up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 50 minutes.
A counterattack by Horsens after 51 minutes could have resulted in a goal, but
B. Torp, coming in on the left, couldn't get the shot off.
63 minutes into the match
R. Hidalgo put EgrandeMilan ahead 2 - 0 with a truly marvelous free kick.
The crowd roared its approval when
S. Santa somehow managed to block a shot which seemed to be a certain goal by Horsens's
B. Stenak 72 minutes into the game.
EgrandeMilan enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 58 percent of possession.
The most dominating EgrandeMilan player was without a doubt
S. Waitipu.
J. Pallesen on the other hand, had a terrible day.
Horsens's best player was
J. Glistrup.
J. Heyde turned in a dismal performance, however.
The match ends 2 - 0.