MJ23 4 - 0 Plutonese (381759430)

12000 spectators arrived at Air Jordan Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Jeanloup Bittel was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ulf Knutsson and Pat Stümpfl. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for MJ23. The following players had been chosen: Marchisio - Boninsegna, Fratini, Richini, Martelloni - Bozdo, Bennato, Luccarini, Frascone - Fiumi, Trimboli.

Plutonese started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Lineup: Scaramuzza - Semenzin, Puppa, Lopez, Agresta - Culicchia, Aspero, Spaziani, Candeli - Mazziotti, Carrieri.

7 minutes into the match, the speedy W. Fiumi easily outpaced A. Lopez, chipped the keeper and made the score 1 - 0. Plutonese were close to putting the equaliser away after 11 minutes as the opposing defence lost control of the ball to A. Lopez in a scuffle towards the left of the goal, but in the end the ball was cleared over the dead ball line. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave F. Richini from MJ23 a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 20 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! M. Luccarini increased the lead for MJ23 to 2 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! With 26 minutes played, MJ23's F. Richini almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 0. MJ23 had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

U. Semenzin could've grabbed a goal for Plutonese 47 minutes in when he got a pass from the left putting him free of the home side's defence, but he was unable to take advantage of the situation. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, A. Lopez got himself booked. The manager of Plutonese was not happy. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 71 minutes, MJ23 did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, G. Bennato was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 3 - 0. One of many good crosses from M. Bozdo on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by M. Frascone, who scored for MJ23. 4 - 0 With 78 minutes played, D. Culicchia had a fantastic opportunity to reply but his shot flew harmlessly into the side-netting of the goal. MJ23 enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.

The most dominating MJ23 player was without a doubt W. Fiumi. However, M. Luccarini made a disastrous appearance. Plutonese's best player was A. Mazziotti. On the other hand, M. Agresta's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 0.