Pizza 3 - 4 tonerecart (364046347)

Dark skies made the crowd of 2219 at Pizza & Fichi Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Imre Pap was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sigidi Makua and Giuseppe Bandiera. Pizza decided to use a 4-3-3 set up. Starters: Paolini - Mendrino, Zanatta, Caridi, Mastrosimone - Termali, Ruggerone, Lizza - Musarella, Fumarola, Pistarà.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for tonerecart. Lineup: Pandev - Kaukonen, Campanale, Van Hemelryck, Kondratowicz - Nahóczky, Lory, Sevón, Meller - Ferenczy, Ţap.

Pizza were relying on their ability to counter-attack. Today, tonerecart's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. J. Lory would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. D. Morecambe entered the game for tonerecart as the match clock showed 1 minutes. As the captain was no longer on the pitch, W. Kondratowicz took over the role of being the tonerecart captain. Pizza broke through on the left 8 minutes into the game, with C. Ruggerone firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead. Attacking on the wings was the choice for tonerecart, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. H. Nahóczky finished off a quick charge from the left of the field by chipping the ball just past the home side's keeper, making the score 1 - 1 19 minutes into the match. 27 minutes into the game, tonerecart's M. Ţap missed an opportunity to score the leading goal from a penalty when he delivered the shot straight into the keeper's hands. After 34 minutes, N. Zanatta came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 2 - 1, giving Pizza the lead. The visitors were awarded a penalty by the referee 41 minutes into the match, much to the anger of the home crowd. M. Ţap took advantage of the situation and scored to make it 2 - 2. It was 2 - 2 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to tonerecart, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

As the 46 minute mark approached, the Pizza coach decided it was time for a substitution. G. Termali reluctantly made way for S. Voccoli on the pitch. 46 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a Pizza substitution. W. Gosmar came on for C. Ruggerone. G. Pistarà was the new captain of Pizza - handed the armband by the departing player. Some good play on the left wing created an opportunity for the visitors 59 minutes into the match, and A. Ferenczy wasn't about to let it go by. He got past the defenders and fired a shot that the keeper just missed. 2 - 3 for the visitors. Some fine movement on the left led to a tonerecart goal after 71 minutes, making it 2 - 4. M. Ţap was noted down as the scorer. At this point, it was obvious that the players of tonerecart lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. The tonerecart players could smell victory in the air. A. Ferenczy wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for R. Hausner after 76 minutes. S. Musarella's speed is always a threat when he gets a little room to move, and 81 minutes into the match was no different as he broke free of his man to send a delightful through ball to G. Pistarà who knocked it in for Pizza. 3 - 4! The home crowd cheered when, after 86 minutes, T. Kaukonen's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. H. Nahóczky wanted to play on, but the tonerecart coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 87 minutes into the game by D. Iorga. tonerecart's C. Campanale was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 87 minutes. tonerecart had most of the ball, with 62 percent of possession.

Most important Pizza player was S. Musarella. However, N. Zanatta made a disastrous appearance. tonerecart's top performer was clearly V. Sevón. D. Morecambe was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 4.