Catania 0 - 3 Widzewski (379744927)

A scorching day at Dell'Erba, where 1373 spectators were in place for today's match. Hermann Koscholke was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Antero Myllyveräjä and Jürgen Edlhofer. A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Catania. They fielded: Da Costa - Ravarotto, Kirby, Lombardi, Timpano - Calvelli, Lehtolainen, Spichtig, Ruiz, Czekalski - Miranda.

Widzewski had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. Lineup: Ahn - Urango, Gonçalves - Yehiel, Dollinger, Pötter, Arambasic, Raunkjær - Eric, Sanocki, Ferreira.

0 - 1 was the score with 2 minutes played, after G. Dollinger cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Widzewski. The referee signalled a penalty 43 minutes into the game following an offence which looked like it was outside the box. V. Ferreira knocked it home to make the score 0 - 2. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 2. Neither team were able to dominate possession this half.

The home crowd cheered when, after 49 minutes, V. Gonçalves's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. After 63 minutes, Widzewski's S. Eric burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 3. Catania needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 69 minutes B. Miranda made way for M. Polato. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Catania's E. Ruiz was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 70 minutes. À. Castell was given a chance to change things around. After 73 minutes, Catania switched P. Calvelli with 潘. 树胜 (Shusheng), hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. Catania claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 57 percent.

Catania's top performer was clearly À. Castell. G. Spichtig was a disappointment, however. Most important Widzewski player was S. Eric. V. Gonçalves turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 3.