Capolago 1 - 3 Lemon (393276758)

2510 spectators arrived at Ticinella Stadium, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Martti Kerman was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alessandro Grassivaro and Thorleif Belka. Capolago tactics involved an interesting 4-3-3 combination. Lineup: Holderbein - Schwark, Ruggeri, Palacios, Hämmig - Taduran, Kaufmann, Leuppi - Velea, Kimose, Falksjö.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Lemon. The following players had been chosen: Fundain - Pompili, Glotov, Shevelev - Radó, Atamanyuk, Mamonov, Belozerov, Turkstra - Ilyashenko, Kapitonov.

Capolago were relying on their ability to counter-attack. Capolago had a good opportunity to take the lead as G. Leuppi came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of A. Fundain. Some things can only be learned through experience, and F. Hämmig should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting Lemon a goal with 25 minutes of the match played. 30 minutes into the game, V. Belozerov almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. 31 minutes into the match, Lemon nearly took the lead, as A. Radó broke through on the right. E. Holderbein made the save, however. Capolago's M. Velea was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 36 minutes. Lemon showed their counterattack skill 38 minutes into the match by breaking through the middle, with D. Glotov scoring uncontested for 0 - 1. 40 minutes into the game, S. Falksjö came close to levelling the score with a dangerous shot from the centre of the area that went just over the bar. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession of the ball saw an equal split between the teams during the forty-five minutes.

A. Radó left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 46 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. K. Stigkvist was the replacement. 59 minutes in, and Capolago were able to score the equalising goal to make it 1 - 1 when J. Schwark picked up a pass coming in from the right and chipped it past the away team's keeper. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 60 minutes allowed D. Shevelev to score for Lemon. The scoreboard now read 1 - 2. 71 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 1 - 3 as E. Mamonov finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Lemon enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.

S. Falksjö performed admirably for Capolago. However, J. Schwark made a disastrous appearance. Lemon's top performer was clearly A. Fundain. On the other hand, D. Glotov's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 3.