Saturno01 1 - 6 rafuria (394219625)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and S. Vincenzo saw a crowd turnout of 2600. Frank de Haan was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Christer Eggling and Wim Kuijl. Saturno01 started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. Lineup: Expósito - Velten, Saviola, Grekula - Steinicke, Kroman, Bekkema, Maguolo - Hoffstetter, Sordoni, Panunzio.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for rafuria. The following players had been chosen: Neagu - Sciarratta, Saldanha, Brigo - Cigány, Moons, Quebra-coco, Antonsson, Kipp - Wollert, Resqueti.

rafuria saw most attack opportunities on the wings. rafuria's H. Wollert gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 20 minutes with a superb strike from the right. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave I. Saviola from Saturno01 a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 22 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! H. Wollert was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so rafuria's B. Ender had to come off the bench. With 26 minutes played, the excellent ball from the wing by Saturno01's M. Maguolo reached U. Hoffstetter's head, and he is not one to miss such an opportunity - 1 - 1. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 27 minutes into the match, and T. Antonsson wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 1 - 2 for the visitors. rafuria nearly produced a goal as H. Kipp set up B. Ender for a strike from a seemingly impossible angle. However he put the shot narrowly wide. B. Ender was, after 30 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 C. Expósito made the save. N. Resqueti could have added one to the visitors' lead if his free kick had gone just a little lower. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 2. rafuria enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 75 percent of possession.

rafuria were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. rafuria increased their lead after 60 minutes when O. Cigány broke through on the right, upping the score to 1 - 3, much to the home crowd's dismay. A penalty was missed by rafuria's N. Resqueti 64 minutes into the match. Probably overconfident, he blasted a hard shot miles outside of the left post. B. Ender increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 1 - 4. Some fine movement on the left led to a rafuria goal after 66 minutes, making it 1 - 5. J. Moons was noted down as the scorer. After this, you could see that the players of rafuria were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. It was almost a goal for Saturno01 following U. Hoffstetter's good header after a corner, it went just over the bar though. rafuria had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. After 78 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed J. Moons to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 1 - 6. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by rafuria, with 76 percent of the ball.

Most important Saturno01 player was I. Saviola. C. Expósito was a disappointment, however. rafuria's top performer was clearly N. Resqueti. B. Ender turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 6.