Eagles1900 4 - 2 Sampierdarenese (366116483)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 38642 to Eagles Stadium. Gert Fallentin Dahl was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Robin van Zelhem and Albert Hegyi. Eagles1900 had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Kastbjerg - Marrone, Carli, Crespo - Taormina, Traina, Avidano, Gaudio, Sapir - Viscardi, Bellan.

A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Sampierdarenese. Starters: Abbati - Odorizzi, Memoli, Del Panta - Magno, Rondina, Bordoni, Ciuffo - Fallani, Gulisano, Risi.

A questionable penalty 22 minutes in gave the home side the lead, 1 - 0. The visitors' goalie didn't stand a chance as S. Marrone knocked the ball home. Eagles1900's R. Kastbjerg left the field after 32 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was D. Battazza. Eagles1900 put themselves up 2 - 0 when G. Taormina broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. 2 - 0 was the score after the first half. Sampierdarenese enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

64 minutes into the game, Eagles1900 were awarded a penalty that S. Marrone turned into 3 - 0 without a problem. The bench was restless, and with 80 minutes passed Sampierdarenese's coach gave V. Van de Kassteele the opportunity the player had been hoping for. G. Gulisano reluctantly left the field. Sampierdarenese's O. Del Panta refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 81 minutes. The home team's fans were upset when, after 84 minutes, the visiting G. Bordoni broke through the central defence and kicked the ball past the keeper. 3 - 1 was the score. Sampierdarenese needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 85 minutes G. Magno made way for F. La Rocca. Sampierdarenese had to make a substitution after 85 minutes. G. Bordoni limped off the field and was replaced by B. Fuligni. The score became 4 - 1 at 87 minutes into the game, when Eagles1900 were given a penalty which S. Marrone blasted straight down the middle giving the keeper no chance! At that, S. Marrone was noted down for a hat trick! The visitors replied 88 minutes into the game, reducing the home side's lead to 4 - 2, as V. Van de Kassteele dashed up the middle, easily lobbing the ball over the home team's keeper. Eagles1900 claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

The most dominating Eagles1900 player was without a doubt G. Traina. D. Battazza on the other hand, had a terrible day. Sampierdarenese's best player was D. Fallani. On the other hand, F. La Rocca's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 2.