F.C.CAVALLI 1 - 3 (Barc)elona (392761376)

A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 2416 to HORSE ARENA. Tranquillo Lacy was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Erling Bauer and Arjo Barten. F.C.CAVALLI had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Bottino - Martinazzi, Ferrio, Falzano - Morra, Benzo, Sutera, Lo cicero, Viscusi - Broda, Coiai.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for (Barc)elona. Lineup: Maestrone - Vera, Vânatoru, Kettula - Vanoni, Skorupa, Freda, Stokłosa, Tschirren - Dounane, Mayens.

F.C.CAVALLI mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. Given a free kick in a difficult position after 8 minutes, (Barc)elona tried a variation that they had practised in training. The kick was sent into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and allowed no space for a finish. F.C.CAVALLI's G. Coiai was shown a yellow card after 19 minutes for slicing down an opponent. (Barc)elona took the lead 24 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. G. Vanoni was the scorer. 25 minutes in, and F.C.CAVALLI were able to score the equalising goal to make it 1 - 1 when G. Falzano picked up a pass coming in from the right and chipped it past the away team's keeper. After 28 minutes F.C.CAVALLI's M. Sutera contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. (Barc)elona's M. Skorupa managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 33 minutes. 1 - 2. Halftime score was 1 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to F.C.CAVALLI, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

M. Tschirren of (Barc)elona was able to make an impressive rush past the sluggish G. Lo cicero, which resulted in a goal making the score 1 - 3. Z. Broda challenged the visitors' central defence eagerly, producing a good chance 53 minutes into the game as he went for a through ball. But, as so many times before, the guests' defensive efforts got the best of it. G. Falzano did everything he could to get one back for his F.C.CAVALLI, but keeper R. Maestrone denied him with a spectacular block. The home side worked their way through the middle and almost got one back when G. Coiai tried to sneak the ball past the keeper. R. Maestrone was too alert for that! F.C.CAVALLI claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

F.C.CAVALLI's best player was G. Coiai. S. Benzo was a disappointment, however. The most dominating (Barc)elona player was without a doubt M. Dounane. On the other hand, R. Stokłosa's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 3.