Scaglione 0 - 2 Vikings (348009201)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 1172 at La fossa dei dannati today. Tim Frandsen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Maxime Regis and Erling Munck Mikkelsen. Scaglione tactics involved an interesting 1-5-3 combination. The following players took the field: Mandzic - Säfsjö - Siligoi, Cucca, Kools, Vergnasco, Capra - Holder, Tardini, Elsässer.

Vikings had chosen a strategic 5-5-0 formation. Starters: Folch Cardona - Siclari, Băsescu, Goldstein, Chirico, Manuel - Howarth, Requena, Appelhof, Hasan, Henry -.

Scaglione seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. As the 10 minute mark approached, the Vikings coach decided it was time for a substitution. M. Hasan reluctantly made way for J. Chitadze on the pitch. 10 minutes into the match, the Vikings manager wanted to try a new tactic, and the players loyally obliged. With 16 minutes played, M. Băsescu of Vikings fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. After 22 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Scaglione found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to inadequate. After 25 minutes, the Vikings coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving D. Appelhof off the field. J. Cerqueira took his place. F. Mandzic looked great 26 minutes into the match after stopping a shot from the middle of the penalty area from the visitors' J. Chitadze. 28 minutes into the game, Scaglione seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a inadequate level of organisation. 30 minutes into the game, A. Manuel almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. G. Cucca received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 37 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. It was 0 - 0 at the break. This part of the game was a standoff between the teams in terms of possession.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that Scaglione had solid organisation. Some lightning fast two foot dribbles by J. Chitadze left F. Vergnasco way behind after 56 minutes, but the shot was just wide. It was obvious that team Scaglione had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. Scaglione's B. Tardini tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. Vikings's G. Chirico managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 75 minutes. 0 - 1. Scaglione's F. Vergnasco was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 82 minutes. After 85 minutes, Scaglione's J. Holder fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! With 88 minutes played, Vikings put themselves up 0 - 2 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was K. Howarth. Possession in this half belonged to Vikings, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

Scaglione's best player was J. Holder. F. Mandzic was a disappointment, however. Most important Vikings player was T. Goldstein. However, N. Henry made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 2.