Marini 0 - 2 United (393140335)

3325 spectators arrived at Stadio comunale M.Arditi, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. José Luís Grilo was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Guillermo Silva Cebrián and Paweł Jakóbik. Marini started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. They fielded: Löwe-Panzer - Tanini, Sarró, van Pelt, Lysdal - Cordua, Christner, Falsetti, Fratoni, Ferrer - Balassone.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for United. The following players took the field: Wiedmann - Poprawa, Ayora, Pjanović - Bessard, Semmelweiß, Kjellsson, Spretten, Zamfir - Milenković, Romero.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Marini. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, A. Cordua got himself booked. The manager of Marini was not happy. 0 - 1 was the score with 20 minutes played, after H. Spretten cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for United. T. Milenković of United took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 29 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 2. Marini's R. Sarró got himself booked for a foul. 0 - 2 was the halftime score. Marini enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 62 percent of possession.

After 46 minutes of the match, the manager still hoped to turn things around. A. Cordua was ordered to assume a different position on the pitch. He took the place of V. Tanini, who in turn replaced his team mate. Sensing defeat in the air, the Marini manager directed L. Christner and R. Sarró to change positions with each other. This was 46 minutes into the match. With things not going too well on the field, the Marini coach made the decision to swap the positions of D. Fratoni and A. van Pelt with 46 minutes played. Still trailing on the score board, Marini adjusted their tactics after 46 minutes. F. Ferrer had a quick chat at the side line, then switched positions with O. Lysdal. With 46 minutes played, the Marini coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. C. Moise came on, G. Balassone had to leave the fray. The crowd groaned when C. Moise, having maneuvered his way down the right, fired the ball just wide and missed a great opportunity to reduce the deficit for Marini. A misunderstanding between the visitors' keeper F. Wiedmann and his left defence could have resulted in a goal for Marini, but A. Cordua's finish was way too lame. Marini claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 61 percent.

Marini's top performer was clearly R. Sarró. However, F. Ferrer made a disastrous appearance. United's best player was H. Spretten. L. Pjanović on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 2.