Xinéf 2 - 3 SIETE (377537281)

Clouds darkened the skies at C. A. Xinéf Arena as 409 spectators turned up for the match. Anton Hirvi was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Antti-Oskari Jansa and Nils-Petter Gustavsson. Xinéf started off with a 4-3-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Seregni - Valeriano, Gualerzi, Cairoli, Bagayero - Murdocco, Villarino, Ruiz - Del Orrio, Contatore, Batista.

SIETE had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Cañette - Topaz, Sasso, van de Laarschot - Lodiro, Vilardebó, Welker, Perdomo, Bonaparte - Nemere, Szendrei.

Xinéf saw most attack opportunities on the wings. 1 minutes into the game, Xinéf wanted to bring some new energy to their game. R. Cairoli gave M. Genta a quick hug as he left the field. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 8 minutes, SIETE did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, R. Welker was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 0 - 1. After a fatal mistake from the away team's right side defence 22 minutes into the match, an alert P. Villarino bagged the ball for Xinéf, levelling the score to 1 - 1. A. Seregni looked great 24 minutes into the match after stopping a shot from the middle of the penalty area from the visitors' I. Nemere. 1 - 1 was the score after the first half. SIETE claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 72 percent.

With 54 minutes played, the excellent ball from the wing by Xinéf's C. Ruiz reached C. Murdocco's head, and he is not one to miss such an opportunity - 2 - 1. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Xinéf coach let F. Santelli replace P. Villarino after 60 minutes. P. Szendrei finished off a quick charge from the left of the field by chipping the ball just past the home side's keeper, making the score 2 - 2 60 minutes into the match. SIETE's B. van de Laarschot was shown a yellow card after 62 minutes for slicing down an opponent. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 68 minutes allowed F. Lodiro to score for SIETE. The scoreboard now read 2 - 3. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Xinéf's M. Del Orrio was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 80 minutes. N. Venerdi was given a chance to change things around. SIETE enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 74 percent of possession.

Most important Xinéf player was F. Contatore. However, N. Venerdi made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating SIETE player was without a doubt P. Szendrei. S. Cañette was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 3.