ViVa 3 - 2 Viulente (393018794)

46633 spectators arrived at Eugenio ed Enrico Canfari, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Jesús Yarza was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Henrik N. Dyrander and Franjo Honović. People from all over Roma had joined up for the derby. A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for ViVa. The following players had been chosen: Vlaše - Fuliano, Zenzola, Udda, Bettonte - Moy, Botti, Vittoria, Blasi, Lalić - Grazioli.

Viulente had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Guerrato - Beda, Carbonell, Garrido - Zaharia, Ekren, MacPhater, McGuinness, Truog - Monaco Vito, Orsino.

Viulente saw most attack opportunities on the wings. Q. Garrido had a good opportunity to give Viulente the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. With 22 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience, D. Bettonte needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. ViVa's C. Grazioli tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. Viulente claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

A mistake by the home side's central defence after 58 minutes allowed T. McGuinness to score for Viulente. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1. The ViVa coach was desperate to reverse his team's fortunes in the game, and ordered his team to change strategy. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, ViVa's S. Zenzola was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 58 minutes. S. Fronte was given a chance to change things around. With 69 minutes played, E. Ekren of Viulente fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. After 75 minutes, the Viulente players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game. With 75 minutes having been played, ViVa scored to make it 1 - 1. A dribble down the left wing, followed by a shot which took a wicked bounce off a defender resulted in the keeper having no chance. Everyone thought it'd been an own goal, but S. Fronte was marked down as the scorer. As F. Fuliano had, completely unprovoked, swept the legs out from under an opponent in front of a linesman, the referee gave the ViVa player a red card without batting an eyelid. Viulente were forced into a substitution as Q. Garrido couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing E. Galvano to come in off the bench. Viulente took the lead after 82 minutes making the score 1 - 2. R. Truog placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. With a shot curled in from just outside the middle of the penalty area after 85 minutes played, C. Grazioli of ViVa made the score 2 - 2. Neither team was controlling the possession at this point in the match, with the stats showing a 50:50 split.

As neither team had managed to win, extra time was called. ViVa could have put themselves ahead after 104 minutes but G. Moy missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. N. Udda gave ViVa the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 3 - 2 Game over, ViVa win! Most important ViVa player was N. Udda. G. Vlaše on the other hand, had a terrible day. R. Truog performed admirably for Viulente. On the other hand, E. Galvano's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 2.