Rocchese 8 - 2 Szymiszów (393301142)

The 1674 fans in attendance at Il cerchio degli dei were roasting in the hot sun. Gian-Luca Deyne was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Henri Kyrölä and Mogens Bjerregaard. A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Rocchese. The following players had been chosen: Romito - Chalot, Levacher, Dalla Costa - Amora, Prim, Lelieveld, Kirkpatrick - Sadeh, Roxas, Fatturo.

Szymiszów had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. They fielded: Paić - Ścibek, Tuia, Szydłowski - Orenbratt, Straszewski, Hyź, Siwiński - Hublau, Balas, Palkowski.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Szymiszów. Rocchese took the lead 31 minutes in, as S. Sadeh broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. Rocchese increased the lead as G. Fatturo struck to make the score 2 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. Szymiszów made it 2 - 1 as K. Balas got a touch to the floated corner kick and flicked the ball to H. Hublau who whipped a low drive in off the far post. 41 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as R. Roxas broke through, making the score 3 - 1 for Rocchese. M. Szydłowski enjoyed the sunshine and demonstrated his stunning technique over and over again. J. Orenbratt's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert M. Palkowski was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for Szymiszów. 3 - 2. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Rocchese's G. Fatturo increasing the lead to 4 - 2. After this, you could see that the players of Rocchese were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. 4 - 2 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Rocchese, with 61 percent of the ball.

In an effort to secure the lead, Rocchese changed their tactic after 46 minutes. The fierce heat made it important to save breath, and after a few swift runs G. Fatturo found it hard to get back into position. 56 minutes into the game, Rocchese were awarded a penalty that J. Amora turned into 5 - 2 without a problem. Szymiszów's S. Paić had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 60 minutes having been played. M. Karelus was the replacement. Cheers filled the stadium as C. Prim broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 6 - 2 to Rocchese. Rocchese's J. Amora struck his penalty well enough to beat the goalkeeper and extend the home team's lead to 7 - 2 after 66 minutes. Szymiszów had to make a substitution after 69 minutes. H. Hublau limped off the field and was replaced by D. Magyar. As the captain was no longer on the pitch, L. Hyź took over the role of being the Szymiszów captain. S. Sadeh should probably have put his team up another goal after 72 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by M. Karelus kept the visitors in the game. The score became 8 - 2 at 73 minutes into the game, when Rocchese were given a penalty which J. Amora blasted straight down the middle giving the keeper no chance! That made three goals for J. Amora and he was marked down for the hat trick. Rocchese enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 59 percent of possession.

Rocchese's top performer was clearly G. Fatturo. A. Chalot turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Szymiszów player was M. Karelus. S. Ścibek was a disappointment, however. The match ends 8 - 2.