latina 4 - 1 Aureliana (393557559)

988 spectators had found their way to vvf latina Arena, despite the heavy rain. Cãlin State was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Faraz Fanoosi and Fabrizio Carluccio. latina started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Kofman - Bejarano, Stirling, Sáenz Tabernero - Bonini, Bozzone, Lacuška, Nymann, Kalachyk - Pithagoras, Maiorca.

Aureliana decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Amaral Oliveira - Gebler, Hönig, Linemann - Leonetti, Lastrico, Elbirlik, Kügler, Simonuti - Sillanpää, Jámbor.

latina were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. The wings were the focus of most of Aureliana's attacks today. latina fans held their breath as T. Pithagoras scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! D. Kofman's name was chanted throughout the stadium after he made a fantastic save from S. Linemann's shot from the left 33 minutes into the match. Thighs bulging, F. Stirling charged past the weaker players, seemingly oblivious to the rain. latina's A. Lacuška saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 38 minutes. The home team will be cursing F. Leonetti for weeks; he finished off a great pass from the left, knocking it past the keeper without a problem. The match was level at 1 - 1 after 39 minutes. latina had a chance to take the lead after M. Sáenz Tabernero's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 41 minutes. 1 - 1 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by latina, with 53 percent of the ball.

The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to M. Bozzone, but the latina player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 2 - 1! latina's M. Bonini increased the lead to 3 - 1, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 52 minutes. latina managed to extend their lead to 4 - 1 when T. Pithagoras cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. By now, the players in latina felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Aureliana's F. Leonetti was shown a yellow card after 69 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Possession in this half belonged to latina, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

A. Lacuška performed admirably for latina. M. Bonini turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Aureliana player was J. Sillanpää. On the other hand, O. Kügler's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 1.