Intripidissimi 5 - 1 Poeta (366609085)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 3088 to Intripid'arena. Maxime Bressy was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sigurd Nielsen and Themistoklis Karamitrousis. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Intripidissimi. The following players had been chosen: Dăian - Danovaro, Tetes, Baroffio - Molinari, Bertora, Dujić, Di Pasquale, Winther - Gilbert, Lieven.

Poeta had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. They fielded: Pérez - De Beni, Catanzaro, Arlecchini - Violante, Procaccianti, Gagnon, Oliva - Saravia, Cardaciotto, La Barbera.

Today, Intripidissimi's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Intripidissimi fans held their breath as F. Dujić scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! After 5 minutes, Intripidissimi sent a free kick in high over the penalty box. In what looked like a well-rehearsed move, the ball was headed backwards and reached T. Winther, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 2 - 0. The referee showed Intripidissimi's K. Lieven the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. With 24 minutes played, Intripidissimi put themselves up 3 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to D. Gilbert, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. A well placed corner kick from T. Cardaciotto was followed by D. La Barbera's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for Poeta, the score now 3 - 1. Against a lesser team, Intripidissimi could very well have succeeded with their smart indirect free kick routine after 31 minutes. A trio of passes took the ball all the way past the defenders, but by then the intended recipient was already blocked off and the keeper could make a leisurely save. Intripidissimi had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. Intripidissimi increased the lead as K. Lieven struck to make the score 4 - 1 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. Confident in their lead, Intripidissimi's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, S. Gagnon got himself booked. The manager of Poeta was not happy. The teams went for the halftime break at 4 - 1. Intripidissimi had most of the ball, with 67 percent of possession.

It was obvious that Intripidissimi had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. After 78 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and T. Winther gave the Intripidissimi supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 5 - 1. The bench was restless, and with 79 minutes passed Poeta's coach gave M. Corsi the opportunity the player had been hoping for. R. De Beni reluctantly left the field. With 84 minutes played, M. Procaccianti had a fantastic opportunity to reply but his shot flew harmlessly into the side-netting of the goal. Possession in this half belonged to Intripidissimi, who controlled the ball 63 percent of the time.

Most important Intripidissimi player was K. Lieven. A. Dăian on the other hand, had a terrible day. Poeta's best player was P. Oliva. On the other hand, M. Violante's play was disheartening. The match ends 5 - 1.