Grazie 3 - 4 Coolness (392026966)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Stadio Olympico saw a crowd turnout of 40703. Luigi Giovannetti was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Clemenzo Dala and Enrique Orense. Grazie had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Lungarella - Baillo, Brundtland, Sanitz - Castaño, Swan, Coyle, Beverly, Dennehy - Thyquist, Ambar.

Coolness started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Gossard - Hilton, Lanier, 泽成 (Zecheng) - Pacheco, McAlister, Buck, Williams, Gold - Sweet, Pierre.

Coolness's T. Williams managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 2 minutes. 0 - 1. C. Baillo of Grazie seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 1 - 1 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by R. Coyle. That Grazie's H. Ambar has the ability of doing what no one expects him to do was shown as he ran over an opposing defender, snatched the ball and passed to E. Thyquist who hit it hard into the wide open goal after 6 minutes: 2 - 1! Coolness had a chance to level the score as L. Hilton suddenly found himself free in the middle of the box with only the keeper to beat, but he misjudged the finish, and only managed to hit the bar. 35 minutes into the match the visitors levelled the score at 2 - 2 as K. McAlister struck home from a rebound off the crossbar, following a shot from the right. R. Coyle could have put Grazie into the lead after 36 minutes, but the free kick went just wide. 2 - 2 was the halftime score. Coolness had most of the ball, with 56 percent of possession.

Coolness's J. Pacheco was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 75 minutes. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Coolness's J. Pierre after 78 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 2 - 3 lead. After a scuffle in the guests' penalty area 80 minutes into the game, the home team was awarded a penalty. R. Coyle scored to make it 3 - 3. 3 - 4 was the score with 81 minutes played, after J. Pierre cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Coolness. The home crowd cheered when, after 83 minutes, W. Sweet's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. R. Castaño of Grazie received a yellow card after 84 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. Grazie's E. Thyquist got himself booked for a foul. Possession in this half belonged to Coolness, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

A. Brundtland performed admirably for Grazie. A. Lungarella turned in a dismal performance, however. Coolness's best player was W. Sweet. On the other hand, L. Hilton's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 4.