juniors1 0 - 3 savoldese (393577661)

Due to an all-day shower, 489 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at JUNIORS ARENA. Robert Taaffe was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Erik Lifér and José Alberto Durán. juniors1 had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Venegas - Pradel, Mastalia, Cutean - Castro, Szlage, Vecchiato, Sanz, Paronetto - Herzl, Lefort.

savoldese decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Starters: Muscarà - Golino, Zanaboni, Buckmann, Petrík - Cintra Dias, Rozhkov, Killén, Lomanto - Down, Taurila.

savoldese decided to play creatively. H. Cintra Dias, who often relies on his speed, had a rotten day on the drenched grass. savoldese's S. Petrík gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 30 minutes with a superb strike from the right. S. Rozhkov was struggling to make the ball dance with his usual trickery and panache, and the opposing players had little trouble shutting him down in these muddy conditions. B. Cutean of juniors1 received a yellow card after 41 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. savoldese claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

With 64 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed H. Taurila of savoldese to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 2. With 69 minutes played, U. Killén nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. 81 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 3 as U. Killén finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. After 84 minutes, a deliberate handball from juniors1's B. Cutean was judged to be his second bookable offence, and he was sent off. Possession in this half belonged to savoldese, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.

A. Castro performed admirably for juniors1. G. Mastalia was a disappointment, however. Most important savoldese player was U. Killén. On the other hand, F. Zanaboni's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 3.