karciofha 4 - 1 firenze2012 (366630437)

14484 spectators had found their way to Olimpya Stadium karciofha, despite the heavy rain. Paulo Bandeirinha was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Moritz Veltheim and Georg Mandl. karciofha tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. Starters: Chiaranti - Panazzolo, Argenziano, Sabia - Pillitteri, Stefanoni, Bedsted, Milanesi - Moberg, Grison, DonVito.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for firenze2012. They fielded: Iniziato - Boitano, Marfè, Burroni - Di Cristofano, Ignoffo, Ierman, Demuro, Monolo - Signorotto, Antoniacci.

Pressing was the tactic of the day for karciofha. firenze2012 used their skill at pressing to cut off the attack angles of their opponents all over the field. M. Boitano was having a great game - if anything the pouring rain seemed to be spurring him on! With 10 minutes played G. DonVito almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. G. DonVito did not have a good day today, often losing his footing on the muddy pitch. 32 minutes into the game, N. Demuro had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. karciofha's E. Stefanoni got himself booked for a foul. With 37 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as R. Moberg flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. E. Stefanoni knew he was in trouble after hacking down an opponent. Despite his pleading with the referee, the karciofha player was shown a second yellow card and dismissed from the game. The karciofha captaincy was handed to F. Panazzolo. O. Chiaranti became the hero of the day for the home crowd as he saved a penalty by P. Signorotto after 42 minutes. 43 minutes into the game, firenze2012 seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a passable level of organisation. 44 minutes into the game, firenze2012 seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to passable. After 44 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as firenze2012 found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to passable. 44 minutes into the match, the speedy G. DonVito easily outpaced M. Boitano, chipped the keeper and made the score 2 - 0. karciofha's ability to press all over the field frequently paid dividends. 2 - 0 was the halftime score. firenze2012 enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 59 percent of possession.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that firenze2012 had solid organisation. firenze2012 reduced the lead after 49 minutes to 2 - 1 as M. Boitano easily chipped the ball past the home side's keeper after a dazzling play from the right. 51 minutes in, firenze2012 appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only passable. 68 minutes into the game, firenze2012 had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to passable. Cheers filled the stadium as M. Milanesi broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 1 to karciofha. The players of karciofha now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. The referee showed karciofha's R. Moberg the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. firenze2012 were forced into a substitution as A. Marfè couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing P. Di Ciaula to come in off the bench. G. DonVito increased the lead for karciofha to 4 - 1, 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! karciofha had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

Most important karciofha player was C. Pillitteri. E. Sabia was a disappointment, however. The most dominating firenze2012 player was without a doubt N. Demuro. P. Di Ciaula turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 1.