Napoli 0 - 3 Sweden (392778728)

A scorching day at Vesuvio, where 2069 spectators were in place for today's match. Hugo Silvares was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Flavio Trenor and Arsalan Shahrokhi. Napoli started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Acierno - Marini, Gandola, Perronace - Gaudino, Iannone, Imperi, Venasco, Speriani - Bellina, Caligiuri.

A 4-3-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Sweden. Starters: Bartnes - Aleksandruk, Brunialti, Karas, Mousouris - de Theije, Hnídek, Kuwałek - Nygren, Hjortbeck, Kārkliņš.

Napoli mostly relied on their long range shooting ability. Sweden mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. The guests took the lead 19 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in L. Aleksandruk scoring to make it 0 - 1. Sweden's A. Mousouris made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 23 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. Napoli's M. Iannone put his head to a high ball coming in from the right after 30 minutes, but the ball went wide. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Napoli enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.

Sweden almost scored after a counterattack 50 minutes into the match, but K. Kārkliņš took a shot from the left that landed harmlessly in the side of the net. 71 minutes in, Napoli's E. Gandola received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Unfortunately for Sweden, A. Hjortbeck was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. R. Terpak replaced him. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for Sweden, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. After 82 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for S. Brunialti who increased Sweden's lead to 0 - 2. Napoli focused on finding shooting opportunities from distance and after 85 minutes A. Gaudino fired off the big cannon, but the shot went sailing over the cross bar and into the car park. After 86 minutes Sweden tried to exploit their counterattacking skills, unfortunately, J. Nygren's shot sailed wide after his break down the right. With 87 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed R. Terpak of Sweden to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 3. Confident in their lead, Sweden's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Napoli had most of the ball, with 55 percent of possession.

Napoli's best player was M. Venasco. E. Gandola on the other hand, had a terrible day. R. Terpak performed admirably for Sweden. B. Bartnes turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 3.