Crà Crà 3 - 1 LOKOMOTIV (392332085)

The 19326 fans in attendance at Diego Armando Maradona Arena were roasting in the hot sun. Aram van Bronckhorst was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Joseph Conzelmann and Reto Cantieni. Crà Crà decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. Starters: Zabeo - Buffon, Siddi - Dorado, Meyer, Graziosi, Rubinić, Sączek - Sirufo, Fresu, Impellizzeri.

LOKOMOTIV tactics involved an interesting 5-4-1 combination. The following players took the field: Pinazzi - Vaski, Felci, Yangosian, Brandt, Häggård - Everaerdt, Szymichowski, Hasner, Trulls - Klinglesmith.

It was an obvious ambition of Crà Crà to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. LOKOMOTIV were determined to use their long shot ability. Crà Crà's A. Meyer was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 3 minutes. R. Sączek's speed was almost enough to give Crà Crà a goal after 9 minutes, but his nice pass to G. Sirufo was not taken care of properly. Crà Crà had a chance to take the lead after G. Graziosi's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 12 minutes. J. Everaerdt fired a shot from distance after 15 minutes, but the long shot couldn't find the net for LOKOMOTIV. LOKOMOTIV focused on finding shooting opportunities from distance and after 34 minutes J. Everaerdt fired off the big cannon, but the shot went sailing over the cross bar and into the car park. With 36 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as T. Fresu flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. With things not going too well on the field, the LOKOMOTIV coach made the decision to swap the positions of G. Pinazzi and G. Felci with 37 minutes played. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Crà Crà scored another to make it 2 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for T. Fresu after 38 minutes. Halftime score was 2 - 0. Crà Crà claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

The sun seemed to put G. Sirufo in a great mood, and he showed off his technical skills all match long. After 54 minutes LOKOMOTIV showed the crowd a glorious passing play which put A. Vaski in a perfect shooting position. His low hard shot was just as glorious, placed just inside the keeper's right post making it 2 - 1. Unhappy with the result so far in the game, the LOKOMOTIV manager used a brief break in play after 60 minutes to give the players new directives. Players in Crà Crà heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. Crà Crà were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. Crà Crà's G. Sirufo had an excellent opportunity after 61 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! After 75 minutes of the match, the manager still hoped to turn things around. G. Pinazzi was ordered to assume a different position on the pitch. He took the place of G. Felci, who in turn replaced his team mate. Cheers filled the stadium as Z. Rubinić broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 1 to Crà Crà. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Crà Crà, with 53 percent of the ball.

Crà Crà's best player was T. Fresu. G. Graziosi was a disappointment, however. A. Hasner performed admirably for LOKOMOTIV. G. Felci turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 1.