A.S.TOTTI 0 - 3 Doro (392819321)

Dark skies made the crowd of 32098 at TOTTI Olimpico a little nervous, but the rain held off. Bastien von Koss was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Janus Streng and Rainer Biegler. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for A.S.TOTTI. The following players had been chosen: Esinay - Fasselli, Candamil, Strauss - Aluigi, Durbacă, Churas, Danowski, Cenusã - Vesanen, Gropp.

Doro decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Ciobanu - Plenborg, Rocca, Cardone - Ribas, Nicolosi, Roi, Mamprin, Manz - Catalano, Keskiner.

A.S.TOTTI will have to do without R. Vesanen for a time, due to a bad foot injury at the 5 minute mark. He was substituted by A. Manzur. D. Strauss became the new A.S.TOTTI captain. Doro's goal to make the score 0 - 1 came via a questionable penalty, but R. Cardone struck it home without a second thought. 20 minutes into the game, Doro worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. Halftime score was 0 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to A.S.TOTTI, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

N. Keskiner wanted to play on, but the Doro coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 60 minutes into the game by S. Stramare. A.S.TOTTI needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 60 minutes D. Strauss made way for E. Garnero. The A.S.TOTTI captaincy was handed to E. Garnero. After 66 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave S. Stramare a chance to increase the lead for Doro, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 2. The referee showed A.S.TOTTI's N. Aluigi the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The A.S.TOTTI players listened closely to their manager, as he gave new tactical instructions for the team. The A.S.TOTTI coach was desperate to reverse his team's fortunes in the game, and ordered his team to change strategy. The visitors' G. Ribas took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 81 minutes into the match. 0 - 3 for Doro. The coach of Doro was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 81 minutes, K. Vinklář came on for B. Ciobanu. With the scoreboard showing that 83 minutes had been played, Doro nearly put themselves up another goal after L. Roi came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. A.S.TOTTI had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

A.S.TOTTI's best player was T. Churas. However, A. Manzur made a disastrous appearance. R. Cardone performed admirably for Doro. K. Vinklář on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 3.