cnlazio12 2 - 3 Marino (393266078)

Clear skies welcomed the 895 spectators who had made their way to Olimpico di Roma. Abdeen Nasser was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Esko Myllyperä and Ödön Takó. A 5-3-2 alignment was the formation of choice for cnlazio12. Starters: Petrunya - Pandler, Giostra, Karrer, Boiano, Skarga - Sin, Simari, Quarino - Drietelaar, Chell.

Marino had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Abreu - Folden, García de Camargo, Pendersen - Bin-Sulayem, Iturralde, Borkowski, Zemlicka, Di Cristina - Merlino, Dajczak.

Marino used their skill at pressing to cut off the attack angles of their opponents all over the field. cnlazio12's M. Boiano left the field after 15 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was K. Bảo Luân. After 26 minutes, the visitors nearly went up a goal, but W. Dajczak's free kick hit the crossbar. Making his way up the middle 38 minutes into the match, R. Simari almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert M. Abreu blocked it to keep the score level. 0 - 0 was the halftime score. cnlazio12 claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 67 percent.

Marino's E. Di Cristina was shown a yellow card after 60 minutes for slicing down an opponent. After 70 minutes, Marino's M. Abreu fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! Marino's ability to press all over the field frequently paid dividends. Marino's talent at pressing frustrated the spectators as the game became a dire midfield struggle. cnlazio12 enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 69 percent of possession.

With the scores being level after 90 minutes, the match went into extra time. After a fine move down the middle K. Bảo Luân nearly gave the home side a goal after 102 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. 107 minutes in, cnlazio12's A. Giostra received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. B. Chell caught everyone by surprise with a unexpected volley after 108 minutes. M. Drietelaar was perfectly placed to take advantage of the play, but unfortunately, he was as surprised as anyone and couldn't finish for cnlazio12. There was still no winner after 30 minutes of extra time so the teams had to select a lineup for a penalty shoot-out to settle the result.

Clearly nervous from the start, cnlazio12's A. Giostra took a long run up, but could only blast the ball over the bar. The score remains 0 - 0. Marino's M. Folden didn't look like he was confident as he stepped up, and produced a badly struck penalty - right into the arms of E. Petrunya. The score remained 0 - 0. cnlazio12's D. Sin looked like he knew exactly where he wanted to put the ball, but unfortunately his shot went wide of the left hand post. Still 0 - 0. Marino's E. Di Cristina coolly put the ball past E. Petrunya. 0 - 1. Oooh - how unlucky! cnlazio12's P. Quarino attempt hit the underside of the bar, but rebounded down into the grateful arms of M. Abreu. The score stays 0 - 1. Marino's D. Merlino didn't look like he was confident as he stepped up, and produced a badly struck penalty - right into the arms of E. Petrunya. The score remained 0 - 1. cnlazio12's R. Simari was relaxed as he smoothly put the ball in the net. 1 - 1! Marino's Ó. García de Camargo looked nervous even as he was putting the ball on the spot. He didn't take much of a run up, and his weak shot was easily saved by the keeper. cnlazio12's O. Pandler showed he has nerves of steel when it comes to penalties, easily changing the score to 2 - 1. The crowd was awed by W. Bin-Sulayem's finely placed shot for Marino making it 2 - 2. cnlazio12's K. Bảo Luân looked like he knew exactly where he wanted to put the ball, but unfortunately his shot went wide of the left hand post. Still 2 - 2. Marino's M. Abreu didn't hesitate but E. Petrunya managed the save, resulting in an unchanged 2 - 2 score. cnlazio12's B. Chell cockily booted the ball with a short-and-fast instep. The penalty, going just wide of the mark, didn't produce a goal. Marino's B. Pendersen kept his cool as he faced down E. Petrunya. His composure paid off as he scored easily for 2 - 3. Most important cnlazio12 player was R. Simari. On the other hand, M. Drietelaar's play was disheartening. Marino's best player was W. Dajczak. W. Bin-Sulayem was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 3.