atletico 1 - 0 Salario (392339357)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and atletic Arena saw a crowd turnout of 25754. Bert Schrader was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Néstor Raúl Paz and Kimmo Metsäheimo. The derby had been the talk of Roma all week and fans of both teams could be seen throughout the stadium. atletico decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Selma - Fleuten, Tkalić, Flinksjö - Saibi, Eekhof, Moraru, Gautreau, Persson - Delfanti, Murtinhal.

Salario tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. The following players took the field: D'Aprile - Horvei, Bakken, Aman, Plöger - Campolmi, Johnsen, Jung Laursen, Behaegel, Pérez - Achileopoulos.

14 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for atletico was P. Murtinhal. R. Campolmi of Salario was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. 23 minutes into the game Salario managed a counterattack, but T. Johnsen took a soft shot from the left flank that was easy prey for the alert keeper. The visitors almost came back with an equaliser 24 minutes into the match after a good combination down the middle, but when T. Jung Laursen tried to finish the attack, he couldn't deliver the shot hard enough to seriously challenge the keeper. atletico's S. Eekhof placed the ball right at his teammate's feet after a corner, but S. Tkalić couldn't finish. 37 minutes in, atletico's P. Murtinhal received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. atletico had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

With 58 minutes played, the visitors could have drawn level after T. Jung Laursen came through the middle, but his kick went wide. The bench was restless, and with 79 minutes passed Salario's coach gave G. Mazzonetto the opportunity the player had been hoping for. S. Achileopoulos reluctantly left the field. Salario's S. Bakken refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 81 minutes. Salario needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 83 minutes G. Behaegel made way for H. Åsgård. After 85 minutes, Salario switched S. Bakken with T. Granin, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. atletico claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

M. Moraru performed admirably for atletico. A. Delfanti on the other hand, had a terrible day. Salario's top performer was clearly T. Jung Laursen. However, H. Åsgård made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 0.