Nankatsu 0 - 1 Barbera (392818406)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 30334 at Ozora Tsubasa Stadium today. Dante Maris was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alejandro Víctor Tambussi and Nico Clerici. Nankatsu started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Fredwald - Del Bianco, Čamra, Brøgger - Colosimo, Mentone, Ofenboeck, Szczepankiewicz, De Maio - Masina, Oelbermann.

Barbera tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. The following players had been chosen: Arbnori - Dejewski, Petkov, Adlan, Adasiewicz - Rieper, Lohrentz, Sestelo, Samaey, Renault - Ihanus.

Nankatsu made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left C. Mentone completely alone with keeper K. Arbnori, who made a spectacular block. With 16 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. S. Samaey put the ball away for 0 - 1. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 1. Barbera had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

Nankatsu had a magnificent opportunity after 49 minutes as C. Colosimo hit the ball hard from the edge of the penalty box. However, the shot went wide. Good work by the Barbera defensive line after 50 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found G. Petkov alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. M. Renault of Barbera was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Barbera enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

The most dominating Nankatsu player was without a doubt C. Mentone. On the other hand, C. Colosimo's play was disheartening. M. Adlan performed admirably for Barbera. S. Adasiewicz turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 1.