Torrese 2 - 0 Greto (377276667)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 28099 to San Clemente. Heiko Koch-Jägersberg was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Joel Elias Benzmüller and Beda Dessouslavy. Torrese decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Vicente - Hutt, Wolfsberger, Kamenarov - Rolfsen, Stigkvist, Kahlbutz, Giæver, Kupčulík - Cajet, Landry.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Greto. The following players took the field: Gabriel - Nyhus, Borriello, Paradiso, Sanchez - Chukichev, Fedeli, Alexandersson, Carotone, Medžinskas - Sever.

Down the middle came A. Sanchez, making a fantastic play that nearly had Greto take the lead after 6 minutes, but V. Vicente preserved the tie. The referee showed Greto's B. Chukichev the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Unfortunately for Torrese, J. Kupčulík was injured when the game became more physical, and he had to leave the field. T. Vogelenzang replaced him. A. Alexandersson came close to putting the visiting team one up 16 minutes into the match, following a solo raid down the middle, but V. Vicente managed to tip the ball to a corner. At 35 minutes played, O. Cajet came in from the right with the intention of giving Torrese the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. It was 0 - 0 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to Greto, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

Torrese took the lead after 48 minutes as a result of B. Rolfsen's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave N. Wolfsberger from Torrese a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 49 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! With 60 minutes played, the Greto coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. F. Curth came on, B. Sever had to leave the fray. G. Paradiso was handed the Greto captain's armband. The Greto coach was desperate to reverse his team's fortunes in the game, and ordered his team to change strategy. The Greto players listened closely to their manager, as he gave new tactical instructions for the team. After 60 minutes, Greto used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. A well placed corner kick from N. Wolfsberger was followed by G. Kamenarov's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for Torrese, the score now 2 - 0. With 71 minutes played, G. Kamenarov could have brought this one home for Torrese as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. Greto's A. Sanchez was shown a yellow card after 78 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Greto enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

Torrese's top performer was clearly O. Cajet. On the other hand, T. Vogelenzang's play was disheartening. A. Alexandersson performed admirably for Greto. S. Nyhus was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 0.