Chionners 4 - 0 Kutay (393299429)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 2111 to Santiago Ghiozzo. Horst Urft was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gonzalo Yegros and Pekka Tunkkari. Chionners tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Pilotino - Schilder, Sierpaga, Van der Heyden - Holser, van Anrooij, Galván, Ploştinaru, Polledri - Burioni, Tafani.

Kutay decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Öngel - Wołkiewicz, Mestre, Haiser - Stensson, Kıvılcım, Charoulidis, Nica, Smogór - Widyanto, Heuß.

Some things can only be learned through experience, and A. Sierpaga should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting Kutay a goal with 3 minutes of the match played. B. Van der Heyden caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 16 minutes. This gave Chionners the 1 - 0 lead. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Chionners's I. Ploştinaru increasing the lead to 2 - 0. Kutay needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 44 minutes A. Mestre made way for L. Dops. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Chionners, with 59 percent of the ball.

The Chionners players could smell victory in the air. R. van Anrooij wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for D. Vargas after 50 minutes. With 53 minutes played, the Kutay coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. O. Pilipchuk came on, B. Heuß had to leave the fray. Chionners increased the lead as L. Tafani struck to make the score 3 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. A. Galván left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 60 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. P. Bernocchi was the replacement. After 65 minutes, Kutay switched C. Nica with İ. Türkcan, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Chionners coach let P. Losco replace R. Burioni after 70 minutes. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Chionners to 4 - 0 as S. Holser finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. By now, the players in Chionners felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. B. Van der Heyden had a fantastic opportunity to put Chionners up another goal 80 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. Kutay had no available replacements when O. Pilipchuk had to leave the game after 84 minutes because of a pulled tendon, leaving the team a man short. Chionners claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 63 percent.

Chionners's top performer was clearly P. Bernocchi. On the other hand, L. Tafani's play was disheartening. N. Charoulidis performed admirably for Kutay. U. Stensson turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 0.