Catania 3 - 1 Juve4ever23 (366266933)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 12000 at Dell'Erba today. Dennis Hagmo was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gonzalo Puente and Reino Niemi. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Catania. The following players had been chosen: Da Costa - Ravarotto, Kaasik, Valente - Titus, Ruiz, Norola, Mane, 树胜 (Shusheng) - Lombardi, Polato.

Juve4ever23 decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Colaci - Torsson, Petrilli, bin Khairuddin - Gambogi, Worch, Gevert, Monakhov, Dardari - Marinache, Finders.

S. Marinache was the first to reach the corner kick, but his header was blocked by the keeper. However, Juve4ever23's F. Gevert managed to get hold of the rebound and tucked the ball into the empty net. 0 - 1 With 35 minutes having been played, Catania scored to make it 1 - 1. A dribble down the left wing, followed by a shot which took a wicked bounce off a defender resulted in the keeper having no chance. Everyone thought it'd been an own goal, but 潘. 树胜 (Shusheng) was marked down as the scorer. At 40 minutes played, G. Lombardi came in from the right with the intention of giving Catania the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. 1 - 1 was the halftime score. Catania had most of the ball, with 64 percent of possession.

47 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Catania to take the lead after a good cross from the right found J. Norola alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. After 54 minutes of play, E. Ruiz gave the home team a 2 - 1 lead after an attack coming in from the right. The coach of Catania was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 68 minutes, L. Urbain came on for T. Mane. T. Kaasik left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 72 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. M. Timpano was the replacement. Still ahead in the game after 75 minutes, Catania made some tactical adjustments. M. Valente and M. Timpano swapped positions. The referee showed Catania's M. Timpano the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Some things can only be learned through experience, and Y. bin Khairuddin should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting Catania a goal with 80 minutes of the match played. After 81 minutes, E. Ruiz put Catania ahead 3 - 1 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, 潘. 树胜 (Shusheng) got himself booked. The manager of Catania was not happy. The Catania players could smell victory in the air. D. Titus wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for J. Czekalski after 83 minutes. Catania enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 66 percent of possession.

M. Polato performed admirably for Catania. Y. Da Costa turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Juve4ever23 player was without a doubt S. Marinache. Y. bin Khairuddin on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 3 - 1.