AtleticoGrifone 3 - 2 EA (366221807)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 16000 that came out to "Alfonsina Morini" Arena. Wolfgang Liesenkötter was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Amir Masoud Yousefi and Stefano Panuccio. AtleticoGrifone started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Sotomayor - Gegenbach, Stredák, Masiero, Iittala - Bielefeld, Mancarella, Auerbacher, Csepi - Turnu, Walczuk.

EA had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Chazan - Maronne, Julibert, Storchi - Sedlind, Bastos, Reepschläger, Roger, Gisondi - Reniers, Irelli.

The visiting A. Bastos was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 16 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area with a goal nearly scored by R. Storchi. At last, EA's J. Julibert was able to backheel the ball in. 0 - 2. AtleticoGrifone reduced the lead to 1 - 2 with 29 minutes on the clock when A. Walczuk got the best of a ball floated in from the left. A lovely run by AtleticoGrifone's K. Bielefeld left his markers for dead and should have resulted in a goal, but the finish went just wide. 1 - 2 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to AtleticoGrifone, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

The suddenness of the AtleticoGrifone's W. Auerbacher's pass to M. Turnu after 49 minutes caught the opposition wrong-footed, and they could only watch as the ball sailed home for 2 - 2. 59 minutes into the game, AtleticoGrifone wanted to bring some new energy to their game. M. Turnu gave H. Claesson a quick hug as he left the field. A free kick aimed at the keeper's far post almost gave EA the lead 64 minutes in, but the ball just wasn't able to squirm its way through the defensive wall. They were singing the praises of S. Gegenbach 65 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 3 - 2 to AtleticoGrifone. The coach of AtleticoGrifone was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 65 minutes, M. Piasenzotto came on for F. Masiero. Content with how the game was proceeding, the AtleticoGrifone coach let N. Fournier replace W. Auerbacher after 70 minutes. AtleticoGrifone claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

AtleticoGrifone's best player was H. Claesson. K. Bielefeld was a disappointment, however. R. Storchi performed admirably for EA. On the other hand, S. Sedlind's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 2.