A.O.Xalkis 1 - 0 Atletico (377013295)

1483 fans braved the pouring rain at A.O.Xalkis Stadio. Sebastian Cosar was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Kiriakos Vournas and José Carlos Camilo. A.O.Xalkis tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Saarenvirta - Kindflod, Padilla, Rutgers - Karabaş, Dumange, Rodinos, Carballo, Tarchała - Patca, Kinely.

Atletico started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. They fielded: Deblasio - Pedretti, Nizzolo, Cimmiagnelli, Lapis - Pasquini, Mattielig, Peluso, Furlani - Palazzi, Cerrato.

Ł. Tarchała was uncomfortable with the soggy pitch as he couldn't move the ball around with his usual grace. Halftime score was 0 - 0. A.O.Xalkis claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

75 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a A.O.Xalkis substitution. L. Gaffi came on for C. Patca. 75 minutes in, Atletico's S. Cimmiagnelli received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The player down was L. Gaffi. The A.O.Xalkis bench looked worried for a while, but in the end he managed to get up. K. Karabaş's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert L. Gaffi was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for A.O.Xalkis. 1 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to A.O.Xalkis, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

A.O.Xalkis's top performer was clearly A. Kindflod. S. Saarenvirta turned in a dismal performance, however. Atletico's best player was M. Palazzi. C. Furlani on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 0.