LokBa 7 - 0 Grozny7 (366202925)

The 18000 spectators at Guido "Baffone" were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Vincenzo Schaer was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Todd Nolan and Louis de Zwart. LokBa had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Mier y Teherán - Steinhouse, Soares, Bonomi - Coupe, Kyubei, Tojaroen, Moyer, Pejčić - Poeder, bin Azim.

Grozny7 decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players took the field: De Pascalis - Vestri, Barbareschi, Morciano, Cordedda - Kelani, Lamolinara, Nati, Cavani - Povolo, Leonforte.

After some beautiful movement down the left wing, H. bin Azim scored for LokBa putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 4 minutes. LokBa's J. Soares increased the lead to 2 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 5 minutes. By now, the players in LokBa felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. With 11 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience, S. Kyubei needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed. B. Coupe increased the lead for LokBa 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! The sun seemed to put N. Pejčić in a great mood, and he showed off his technical skills all match long. LokBa's G. Bonomi somehow missed a penalty 32 minutes into the match, much to the crowd's displeasure. After 36 minutes, S. Kyubei put LokBa ahead 4 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. 4 - 0 was the score after the first half. LokBa claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 85 percent.

After 48 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and N. Pejčić gave the LokBa supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 5 - 0. LokBa put themselves up 6 - 0 when H. bin Azim broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. The home side's A. Poeder came close to extending the lead 61 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but A. De Pascalis managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. LokBa increased the lead as B. Coupe struck to make the score 7 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. Grozny7's H. Kelani had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 71 minutes having been played. A. Pisoni was the replacement. Possession in this half belonged to LokBa, who controlled the ball 89 percent of the time.

LokBa's top performer was clearly H. bin Azim. However, S. Steinhouse made a disastrous appearance. Most important Grozny7 player was V. Povolo. A. Cordedda turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 7 - 0.