El SAPA 0 - 5 Pollame (393590704)

52000 spectators arrived at Andre Stadium, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Adlef Ismair was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Anton Brundage and Jérôme Menuet. El SAPA had chosen a strategic 5-3-2 formation. Starters: Battocchio - Modesti, Parton, Telese, Zerbo, Vorobiev - van den Boogaart, Libri, Bohgren - Nizzoli, Zedda.

Pollame tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: Reintiņš - Di Cristofano, Campaña - Vangelis, Acosta, Loubier, Vanjo, Strand - Gregorič, bin Durum, Davy.

For their match strategy, El SAPA had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. The Pollame free kick 10 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of L. Gregorič, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 0 - 1! T. Campaña was, after 12 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper A. Battocchio made the save. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 14 minutes, Pollame did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, V. Davy was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 0 - 2. Pollame came close to extending their lead as V. Strand delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 20 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. It was 0 - 2 at the break. Pollame claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 72 percent.

P. Vangelis increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 3. After 76 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed S. Vanjo to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 4. Confident in their lead, Pollame's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Pollame's T. Campaña got himself booked for a foul. The player down was A. Libri. The El SAPA bench looked worried for a while, but in the end he managed to get up. L. Gregorič of Pollame displayed some of his fantastic technical abilities when he brought the ball down neatly using his instep before nutmegging the bewildered M. Vorobiev and smashing an unstoppable shot past the goalkeeper to make it 0 - 5. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Pollame coach let M. Mička replace V. Di Cristofano after 89 minutes. Pollame had most of the ball, with 73 percent of possession.

The most dominating El SAPA player was without a doubt O. Zedda. G. Telese turned in a dismal performance, however. I. bin Durum performed admirably for Pollame. However, V. Strand made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 5.