Fenice 3 - 1 giangio (393296223)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 882 had shown up at Colosseo della Fenice for the match. Geert-Marthé Esselink was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Pontus Adolfsson and Pierce Hechfellner. Fenice decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Villabona - D'Angelo, Noblet, Gurgone - Cescon, Peron, Pelosi, Azevedo, Borrello - Koivukangas, Saccucci.

giangio started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Öner - Poncon, Barilli, Novosad - Merlot, Volpin, Chillemi, Fernee, Semboloni - Betteloni, Llumnica.

Fenice were relying on their ability to counter-attack. At 8 minutes played, T. Gurgone came in from the right with the intention of giving Fenice the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. T. Gurgone sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from M. Saccucci after 14 minutes of play, making the score 1 - 0. Fenice put in a good effort on the right, but M. Saccucci saw his volley fly wide of the mark 18 minutes into the game. The visitors didn't give in and, after 24 minutes, A. Fernee got through the home side's central line of defence, rolling in the equaliser to make it 1 - 1. 25 minutes into the game, giangio seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a inadequate level of organisation. After 34 minutes, following yet another great corner, A. Cescon's flick on at the near post reached S. Koivukangas, who was just wide with his snapshot - the ball went out for a goal kick. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 1. giangio claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that giangio had solid organisation. The guests almost went up by a goal after 73 minutes when M. Llumnica came through and shot from the right. The ball bounced harmlessly off the post, though. Fenice took the lead 76 minutes in, as T. Gurgone broke through on the left and put the 2 - 1 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. After 79 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as giangio found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to passable. 84 minutes into the game, C. Pelosi finished off a Fenice left wing counterattack, making the score 3 - 1. giangio had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

Fenice's top performer was clearly T. Gurgone. On the other hand, J. Noblet's play was disheartening. The most dominating giangio player was without a doubt A. Fernee. However, S. Novosad made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 1.