Weast 3 - 6 siracusa (392772623)

462 fans braved the pouring rain at West Side. Arvi Lipsanen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Magnus Åkesson and Horatiu Tâlmaciu. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Weast. The following players had been chosen: Oldenburger - Macedo, Bento - Sonnino, Leim, Pasqualini, Ilie, Denti - Iliukevičius, Ergiden, Caraclî.

siracusa decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. The following players took the field: Cüppers - Langa, Piris - Zenga, Liberda, Manoliu, Cunha, Doicin - Vollkrann, Baselice, Heerink.

Weast focused on getting players in position for long range shots. siracusa took the lead 2 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. J. Baselice was the scorer. S. Iliukevičius was uncomfortable with the soggy pitch as he couldn't move the ball around with his usual grace. M. Ilie of Weast 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 F. Pasqualini. With 32 minutes played, siracusa's well-worked indirect free kick caused havoc in the penalty area, and when the ball eventually fell to G. Vollkrann he gleefully slotted the ball home to make it 1 - 2. J. Baselice was having a great game - if anything the pouring rain seemed to be spurring him on! It was 1 - 2 at the break. siracusa had most of the ball, with 55 percent of possession.

The siracusa players could smell victory in the air. I. Manoliu wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for C. Börsig after 47 minutes. W. Heerink wanted to play on, but the siracusa coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 50 minutes into the game by E. Degiacomi. The cannonball from 35 metres by C. Börsig of siracusa was an impressive sight, but didn't make it into the net. The referee showed siracusa's J. Baselice the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The crowd was on its feet 68 minutes into the match, as Weast's Ş. Ergiden found himself unmarked in front of the goal after a dash up the left side. He calmly put away the 2 - 2 equaliser. E. Piris would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. A. Matos entered the game for siracusa as the match clock showed 70 minutes. C. Börsig was the new captain of siracusa - handed the armband by the departing player. siracusa's J. Baselice gave the visitors a 2 - 3 lead after 72 minutes with a superb strike from the right. A drive down the left side allowed J. Baselice to get in close and score another goal for siracusa after 79 minutes, taking the score to 2 - 4. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for J. Baselice. Weast's F. Pasqualini found himself alone on the left side 81 minutes into the match and laid down a perfect shot - right into the arms of the keeper! siracusa showed their counterattack skill 82 minutes into the match by breaking through the middle, with J. Baselice scoring uncontested for 2 - 5. Weast supporters cheered as good work down the right got the ball to L. Sonnino who reduced the visitors' lead after 83 minutes to 3 - 5. D. Macedo of Weast was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. The referee signalled a penalty 85 minutes into the game following an offence which looked like it was outside the box. M. Liberda knocked it home to make the score 3 - 6. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by siracusa, with 62 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Weast player was without a doubt Ş. Ergiden. A. Oldenburger was a disappointment, however. A. Matos performed admirably for siracusa. Z. Cüppers on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 6.