Warriors_Of_Ice 4 - 0 Occhieppese (350623499)

Clear skies welcomed the 38966 spectators who had made their way to Icebound Hammer Hall. Henryk Popowicz was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Elpidio De Vivo and Flavien Manchon. A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Warriors_Of_Ice. The following players had been chosen: Moscardelli - Mughini, Panigo, Palatella, Cherchi, Di Gianpasquale - Vaccia, Rezzonico, Cusanno, Paglia - Arisi.

Occhieppese tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Villingen - Gilotti, M'Boup, Finocchiaro - Abadou, Bazaga, Matera, Wildeboer, Névès - Thijssen, Guerci.

The referee showed Warriors_Of_Ice's G. Rezzonico the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. It might be a while before the fans see Occhieppese's G. Gilotti again, after he had to leave the field in great distress at the 35 minute mark. He was replaced by E. Morandi. The celebrations in the stands could only mean one thing - A. Cusanno's free kick had found the back of the net and put Warriors_Of_Ice ahead 1 - 0! The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave L. Névès from Occhieppese a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 41 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! The score became 2 - 0 at 42 minutes into the game, when Warriors_Of_Ice were given a penalty which A. Cusanno blasted straight down the middle giving the keeper no chance! Halftime score was 2 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Warriors_Of_Ice, with 58 percent of the ball.

Warriors_Of_Ice's A. Cusanno struck his penalty well enough to beat the goalkeeper and extend the home team's lead to 3 - 0 after 77 minutes. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for A. Cusanno. J. Vaccia has acquired a talent for predicting the movements of the opposing defence over the years and this almost resulted in a goal 84 minutes into the match. After 85 minutes, L. Mughini put Warriors_Of_Ice ahead 4 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. Confident in their lead, Warriors_Of_Ice's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Possession in this half belonged to Warriors_Of_Ice, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

Most important Warriors_Of_Ice player was G. Rezzonico. M. Palatella on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Occhieppese player was without a doubt R. Thijssen. On the other hand, E. Finocchiaro's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 0.