Pikokko 6 - 0 Valsabbia (366352542)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 15373 had shown up at La Fossa for the match. Abbas Tuama was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Richard Selwyn and Per Bagger Frandsen. The derby had been the talk of Lombardia all week and fans of both teams could be seen throughout the stadium. Pikokko started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Balsbach - Hasi, Hiệp, Rontini - Mihordea, Brabenec, Vlerick, Voncini, Hurskanen - Hallbergmoos, van Duivenvoorde.

Valsabbia had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. They fielded: Muscarello - Volpicelli, Papapostolou, Cigala, Gennarelli - Turtù, Cabass, Lessgewang, Piraino - Kalampalikis, Cravarezza.

The wings were the focus of most of Pikokko's attacks today. 20 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Pikokko to take the lead after a good cross from the right found O. Voncini alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. Pikokko's O. Hasi left the field after 27 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was A. Amraei. S. Cigala behaved like an inexperienced youth player after 30 minutes as he gave the ball away to O. Voncini. Lucky for him though, there was no goal. Valsabbia's G. Cabass was shown a yellow card after 34 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Valsabbia's G. Cabass had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 36 minutes having been played. L. Cuccuru was the replacement. T. Hiệp gave Pikokko the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, E. van Duivenvoorde got himself booked. The manager of Pikokko was not happy. Valsabbia had to make a substitution after 41 minutes. L. Cuccuru limped off the field and was replaced by R. Paoleri. A well-executed free kick by E. van Duivenvoorde after 43 minutes made it 2 - 0 for Pikokko. 2 - 0 was the score after the first half. Pikokko enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 61 percent of possession.

Almost all the way down to the corner flag, Pikokko's C. Mihordea somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for E. van Duivenvoorde, who struck for 3 - 0. Pikokko increased the lead as J. Hurskanen struck to make the score 4 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. After this, you could see that the players of Pikokko were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. M. Rontini of Pikokko was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Pikokko coach let F. Zuttion replace E. van Duivenvoorde after 60 minutes. Pikokko's M. Rontini increased the lead to 5 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 62 minutes. Pikokko put themselves up 6 - 0 when J. Hurskanen broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. D. Vlerick left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 81 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. E. Noia was the replacement. A. Amraei was handed the Pikokko captain's armband. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Pikokko, with 58 percent of the ball.

F. Zuttion performed admirably for Pikokko. M. Balsbach turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Valsabbia player was G. Cravarezza. However, S. Cigala made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 6 - 0.