finocchi 3 - 1 Galactigol (382044887)

Clouds darkened the skies at Am Arena as 13447 spectators turned up for the match. Rodolfo Orostegui was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ivan Tosenko and Jopie de Winkel. A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for finocchi. They fielded: Koutsoureas - Farías, Wahnbek, Vanvlasselaer - Ilie, Ojutkangas, Johnson, Kornemann - Zonta, Taraschi, Zanarini.

Galactigol tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Kuehtreiber - Spanò, Wasenius, Fundusu - Kuśmierek, Danti, Sotgia, Menegati, Timofeev - Miccichè, Thorholt.

10 minutes in, finocchi's L. Ilie received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. After 11 minutes finocchi's E. Taraschi contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. Against a lesser team, finocchi could very well have succeeded with their smart indirect free kick routine after 19 minutes. A trio of passes took the ball all the way past the defenders, but by then the intended recipient was already blocked off and the keeper could make a leisurely save. Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 24 minutes into the match left Galactigol's N. Kuśmierek completely free to score. 0 - 1 for the visitors. finocchi were awarded a penalty with 26 minutes played, and F. Kornemann made no mistake as he effortlessly slotted the equaliser home. 1 - 1. The coach of Galactigol wanted to try to change things around after 26 minutes, and gave new tactical instructions. 26 minutes into the match, the Galactigol manager wanted to try a new tactic, and the players loyally obliged. The referee showed Galactigol's J. Wasenius the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 1. finocchi had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

After 47 minutes, A. Vanvlasselaer came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 2 - 1, giving finocchi the lead. After 47 minutes, Galactigol used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. The game was close to savage at times, and finocchi's L. Ilie received a second yellow card after 55 minutes; his ticket out of the game. Coming through the middle A. Miccichè almost scored the equaliser for Galactigol after 56 minutes, but A. Koutsoureas made an excellent save, tipping the awkwardly curled shot past the post. R. Fundusu's lack of experience almost gave finocchi a goal after 61 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. F. Kornemann increased finocchi's lead to 3 - 1 with a penalty spot cannonball. Content with how the game was proceeding, the finocchi coach let F. Manu replace A. Farías after 72 minutes. finocchi claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

finocchi's top performer was clearly B. Zonta. A. Koutsoureas was a disappointment, however. Most important Galactigol player was A. Miccichè. R. Fundusu turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 1.