AGLIANICO 1 - 3 United (394278839)

Clouds darkened the skies at San Gerardo Maiella as 2951 spectators turned up for the match. Appie van Zwam was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Remi Heilbron and Atro Hämäläinen. AGLIANICO started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Falas - Bengyik, Kriss, Chaves Jr., Fristrup - Mineo, Mockus, Sottomayor, Adreani, Koutos - Moyer.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for United. Lineup: Albuerne - Pjanović, Ayora, Morozzi - Bessard, Semmelweiß, Bakken, Pereira, Tisescu - Gliszczyński, Badin.

The wings were the focus of most of United's attacks today. United were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. 13 minutes into the match, United nearly took the lead, as E. Semmelweiß broke through on the right. J. Falas made the save, however. 22 minutes into the game, AGLIANICO had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to inadequate. After 31 minutes, United's A. Tisescu made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. It was 0 - 1 at the break. United had most of the ball, with 58 percent of possession.

The AGLIANICO players spent the break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organisation and regained a solid organisation when the game started again. With 51 minutes played, G. Badin 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. With 52 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of AGLIANICO resulted in a counterattack that set T. Moyer free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save. 63 minutes into the match, AGLIANICO's G. Adreani maneuvered his way around the opposition on the left flank, delighting the crowd with his twists and turns. The effort paid off as the ball found the back of the net, evening the score at 1 - 1. The guests took the lead 71 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in A. Pereira scoring to make it 1 - 2. The home crowd was not impressed when A. Pereira came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 76 minutes. United were now up 1 - 3. United enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 57 percent of possession.

AGLIANICO's top performer was clearly F. Chaves Jr.. A. Mockus turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating United player was without a doubt E. Semmelweiß. L. Pjanović on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 3.