Sicilia 3 - 0 Ostopeti (363220069)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 499 at Antonino Ruvolo Arena today. Mathias Kristoffersen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Thomas Obertrave and Silvan Lugg. A 4-3-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Sicilia. The following players took the field: Daffara - Zappa, Vilar, Erdem, Leobruni - Del Pia, Fefè, Stevanella - Wolniak, Bandiera, Cobbe.

Ostopeti tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Grandi - Scalamandre, Ceron, Parente - Lamolinara, Della Corte, Campanini, Maisano, Nuhiu - Sesto, Tuozzi.

Today, Sicilia's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Ostopeti seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to P. Bandiera, but the Sicilia player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! Sicilia had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. After 23 minutes, Z. Wolniak put Sicilia ahead 2 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. Sicilia's P. Bandiera was shown a yellow card after 37 minutes for slicing down an opponent. A. Stevanella increased the lead for Sicilia to 3 - 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! After this, you could see that the players of Sicilia were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. 3 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to Sicilia, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

P. Daffara left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 55 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. O. Awat was the replacement. Ostopeti players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. The visitors got a chance to pulling one back after 61 minutes, due to a defensive blunder leaving E. Maisano completely unmarked. His strike was pathetic though, easy prey for the home side's keeper. 67 minutes in, Ostopeti's G. Tuozzi received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. With 69 minutes played, Sicilia's A. Stevanella almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. The Sicilia players could smell victory in the air. Z. Wolniak wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for A. Pagnoni after 70 minutes. With 75 minutes played, A. Lamolinara had a fantastic opportunity to reply but his shot flew harmlessly into the side-netting of the goal. Sicilia had to make a substitution after 80 minutes. A. Pagnoni limped off the field and was replaced by G. Erquist. Sicilia had most of the ball, with 63 percent of possession.

G. Cobbe performed admirably for Sicilia. G. Erquist was a disappointment, however. Most important Ostopeti player was G. Tuozzi. However, G. Parente made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 0.