cellole 2 - 5 deportivo (366825151)

Clouds darkened the skies at cellole stadium as 3626 spectators turned up for the match. Ireneusz Furdal was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Wiert Toonen and Torbjörn Persson. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for cellole. Starters: Abbondanza - Lenci, Pisarra, Saltarelli, Gaioni - Grisetti, Teti, Cavia, Pansini - Conato, Del Castello.

deportivo started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Lineup: Sirico - Mennitto, Strocchi, Hebert, Bistacchi - Campitelli, Pratarolo, Arcangelo, Comparini - Mazzarotto, Bananoia.

cellole created a good opportunity to score 12 minutes into the match when G. Grisetti's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. The goal to make it 0 - 1 was scored by P. Bananoia after 13 minutes, following an opportunistic counterattack down the middle by deportivo. A. Mennitto increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 2. cellole supporters cheered as good work down the right got the ball to G. Grisetti who reduced the visitors' lead after 19 minutes to 1 - 2. After 21 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed S. Campitelli to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 1 - 3. The home side worked their way through the middle and almost got one back when E. Cavia tried to sneak the ball past the keeper. R. Sirico was too alert for that! G. Gaioni did everything he could to get one back for his cellole, but keeper R. Sirico denied him with a spectacular block. Halftime score was 1 - 3. cellole claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

67 minutes into the game cellole broke through on the left wing and F. Del Castello managed to reduce the lead to 2 - 3. After 79 minutes, deportivo's L. Hebert burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 2 - 4. With 86 minutes played, deportivo put themselves up 2 - 5 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was S. Campitelli. After this, you could see that the players of deportivo were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. E. Bistacchi of deportivo received a yellow card after 88 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. deportivo enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

C. Conato performed admirably for cellole. However, A. Saltarelli made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating deportivo player was without a doubt G. Mazzarotto. E. Bistacchi was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 5.