christiania 3 - 1 JERRY00 (392777160)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 1938 that came out to Smoke Arena. Antonino Marchese was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Afonso Pereira and Llamil Erza Issa. christiania decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Pirrò - Gerometta, Eugeni, Villarà - Di Fonso, Spiga, Gennaro, Mondonico, Garmendia - Ravera, Schinetti.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for JERRY00. The following players took the field: Soares - Marent, Fonnyadt, Szokola, Szabó - Kádi, Kirchmayer, Correa, Estrada - Kiricsi, Tódor.

After 28 minutes a very unfortunate collision in the penalty area led to christiania's C. Spiga being carried off the pitch and replaced by C. Garrasi. Many thought A. Gennaro ought to have been awarded a penalty 29 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around A. Soares after a determined run through the middle. christiania took the lead, 1 - 0, after a penalty 40 minutes into the match. A. Di Fonso scored from the penalty spot. R. Schinetti had a fantastic opportunity to put christiania up another goal 41 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. christiania claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 72 percent.

christiania put themselves up 2 - 0 when M. Gerometta broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. As usual, V. Eugeni tried to use his strength and hard work for the benefit of the team, but the heat hit him hard and he couldn't keep pace at all. JERRY00's J. Correa had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 60 minutes having been played. G. Bistocchi was the replacement. A great save by keeper A. Soares after 69 minutes kept the visitors in the game after G. Ravera struck from the left with a real cannonball. JERRY00 reduced the lead after 72 minutes to 2 - 1 as R. Tódor easily chipped the ball past the home side's keeper after a dazzling play from the right. Z. Szabó of JERRY00 was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. christiania's F. Garmendia saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 76 minutes. V. Eugeni of christiania received a yellow card after 78 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in christiania's R. Schinetti increasing the lead to 3 - 1. JERRY00 had a fair chance to reply after 85 minutes due to some fine moves down the left, but in the end Z. Szabó was slow to keep up with the play and was unable to make it into the penalty box to apply a finish. christiania had most of the ball, with 66 percent of possession.

christiania's best player was F. Garmendia. On the other hand, M. Mondonico's play was disheartening. G. Bistocchi performed admirably for JERRY00. T. Szokola was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 1.