Tergeste 8 - 0 Erchie (362840678)

1796 fans braved the pouring rain at Tergeste Arena. Laurenţiu Drumea was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Tinguaro Rosillo and Téo Desbiens. Tergeste started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. Starters: Colazzo - Carpentieri, Romaniello - Mäsgen, Pagnoncelli, Urbano, Serpellini, Grajžl - Ralfs, Lair, Morina.

Erchie tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. Lineup: Rizzello - Bernaerts, Stomphorst - Kragulj, Rozentāls, Pasiner, Hauge, Buffon - Forconi, Sapone, Bruscia.

C. Urbano was uncomfortable with the soggy pitch as he couldn't move the ball around with his usual grace. Ž. Grajžl looked to be heading one way when he unexpectedly passed the ball to R. Morina. The move caught everyone off-guard, including his teammate, who panicked and kicked the ball out of play by accident. E. Carpentieri slipped and slithered in the wet grass. His usual rapid runs were nowhere to be seen today. After 27 minutes, R. Ralfs came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving Tergeste the lead. Cheers filled the stadium as V. Pagnoncelli broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to Tergeste. Tergeste's K. Mäsgen increased the lead to 3 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 31 minutes. V. Pagnoncelli increased the lead for Tergeste to 4 - 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! Tergeste increased the lead as R. Ralfs struck to make the score 5 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. After this, you could see that the players of Tergeste were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. 5 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Tergeste, with 85 percent of the ball.

A well-executed free kick by B. Serpellini after 49 minutes made it 6 - 0 for Tergeste. With 55 minutes played, Tergeste put themselves up 7 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to V. Pagnoncelli, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for V. Pagnoncelli. The bench was restless, and with 70 minutes passed Erchie's coach gave P. Jomaree the opportunity the player had been hoping for. S. Bernaerts reluctantly left the field. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Erchie's R. Sapone was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 70 minutes. C. Turnbull was given a chance to change things around. After 78 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and Ž. Grajžl gave the Tergeste supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 8 - 0. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave L. Rozentāls from Erchie a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 83 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Tergeste fans were dismayed when it was apparent no substitutes remained after C. Urbano's injury. With 86 minutes gone, Erchie's L. Rozentāls had to leave the pitch after talking back to the referee and receiving his second booking. Possession in this half belonged to Tergeste, who controlled the ball 86 percent of the time.

Tergeste's best player was C. Romaniello. However, F. Colazzo made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Erchie player was without a doubt C. Turnbull. H. Stomphorst on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 8 - 0.