Real 1 - 5 Metallari (381663132)

54165 spectators arrived at Della Torre, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Sugar Zalakain was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Radosław Błeszyński and Frederik Kleyer. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Real. Lineup: Guerreiro - Bajić, Požereckis, Kristiansen - Porcaro, Francisco, Alempijević, Casaburi, Gawinek - Lodadio, Cupaiolo.

Metallari started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Longobardi - Branzanti, Bauche, Descheiver, Weiling - Flórez, Zoletto, Roca, Piccirillo, Dolbusinas - Tanasić.

It was an obvious ambition of Metallari to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. 2 minutes into the game, E. Weiling was a hair's breadth away from giving Metallari the lead with a shot from over on the left. A prompt block by J. Guerreiro saved the home team that time. Real took the lead 13 minutes in, as N. Francisco broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. The crowd was silenced 16 minutes into the match as the visiting team's O. Descheiver came in from the left, levelling the score to 1 - 1. The referee showed Real's W. Casaburi the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. A penalty was given after 24 minutes, allowing the visitors to gain the lead: 1 - 2. F. Bauche was the scorer. Some fine passing in the middle of the pitch, carving open the away defence, should have led to a goal for Real, but U. Lodadio's shot went over the bar. The Metallari coach was visibly pleased with the score so far, but still ordered a few tactical changes 35 minutes into the game. J. Guerreiro got a fingertip on G. Piccirillo's shot from the left 38 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to Metallari, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

D. Dolbusinas sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from F. Bauche after 62 minutes of play, making the score 1 - 3. With 64 minutes played, Metallari put themselves up 1 - 4 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was E. Weiling. Real's N. Francisco managed a superb strike from the left after 70 minutes that would have left goalkeeper L. Longobardi without a chance, had it not hit the post. Just a few inches to the right, and the visitors could have had a goal 76 minutes into the match. F. Bauche surely wishes he could do that free kick over again. With 81 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed N. Tanasić of Metallari to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 1 - 5. After this, you could see that the players of Metallari were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. 82 minutes in, Metallari's J. Flórez received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Metallari, with 55 percent of the ball.

Real's best player was U. Lodadio. On the other hand, V. Bajić's play was disheartening. Metallari's top performer was clearly N. Tanasić. D. Dolbusinas on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 5.