Bicocca 0 - 7 forpep (366397280)

10702 spectators had come to Bicocca Arena this cloudy day. Welfhard Augenstein was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Claude Valot and Swen Hindpere. Bicocca had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. They fielded: Casablanca - Bresci, Brec, Fossà, Spaletta - Bruschi, Montironi, Peruzzato, Pavano - Fonti, Grasseni.

forpep tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: Zanlungo - Camoscio, Zfadia, Ibatici, Trionfini - Bosatra, Hacohen, Hawkes, De Castris - Polsi, Rubolino.

The cannonball from 35 metres by G. Bosatra of forpep was an impressive sight, but didn't make it into the net. forpep's M. Rubolino was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 17 minutes. forpep took the lead 20 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. G. Ibatici was the scorer. A drive down the left side allowed M. Polsi to get in close and score another goal for forpep after 28 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 2. 29 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 3 as C. De Castris finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. forpep increased the lead to 0 - 4 as A. Trionfini scored from the penalty spot, putting the ball in near the top left corner. After this, you could see that the players of forpep were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. 0 - 4 was the halftime score. forpep claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 68 percent.

After 70 minutes, forpep's A. Trionfini burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 5. With 77 minutes gone, forpep's M. Rubolino had to leave the pitch after talking back to the referee and receiving his second booking. Bicocca's A. Fonti showed his experience after 83 minutes, as he expertly set himself up to take advantage of a rebound off the crossbar, but his shot was tipped harmlessly out of the way. Some things can only be learned through experience, and C. Brec should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting forpep a goal with 84 minutes of the match played. S. Zfadia received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 85 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 6. The forpep fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. An indecisive keeper looked on as a free kick by forpep's A. Trionfini put the visitors up 0 - 7 after 86 minutes. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for A. Trionfini. 88 minutes into the game, forpep worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. forpep enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 76 percent of possession.

D. Montironi performed admirably for Bicocca. G. Casablanca on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating forpep player was without a doubt M. Polsi. M. Zanlungo was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 7.