Pizza 4 - 2 BudaBros (377954697)

It had rained all day, but 518 hardy fans still made it out to Them@x Arena. Péter Vietorisz was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Hammo Tostedt and Bertrand Marchetto. The match took place on neutral ground. Pizza tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. The following players had been chosen: Paolini - Mastrosimone, Caridi - Voccoli, Zanatta, van Mol, Termali, Gosmar - Pistarà, Musarella, Fumarola.

BudaBros had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. The following players took the field: Köferli - Sartin, Musso - Funghi, Micheliavičius, Leperdi, Morbelli, Volpin - Ferreras, Masia, Mirhosseini.

It was a bad day for the usually speedy G. Pistarà. The mud seemed to slow him down. The game was characterised by rough play and many physical challenges on the wet field, but K. Micheliavičius showed great heart and had a good game. Pizza took the lead after 9 minutes as a result of S. Voccoli's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. The visitors' S. Volpin was alert after a cross coming in from the left, levelling the score at 1 - 1 after 25 minutes. BudaBros had to make a substitution after 26 minutes. S. Funghi limped off the field and was replaced by K. Hoinka. Halftime score was 1 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to Pizza, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

As the 46 minute mark approached, the Pizza coach decided it was time for a substitution. W. Gosmar reluctantly made way for O. Lizza on the pitch. Pizza broke through on the left 49 minutes into the game, with O. Lizza firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 2 - 1 lead. Given a free kick in a difficult position after 52 minutes, Pizza tried a variation that they had practised in training. The kick was sent into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and allowed no space for a finish. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Pizza to 3 - 1 as S. Voccoli finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. After 58 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and S. Musarella gave the Pizza supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 4 - 1. The Pizza players could smell victory in the air. S. Voccoli wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for G. Mendrino after 70 minutes. BudaBros's S. Volpin left the field after 70 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was C. Caccia. With 76 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock, BudaBros showed some good skill and were able to reduce the score to 4 - 2 when J. Ferreras got past the home side's central defenders right in front of the goal. Pizza had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

Pizza's best player was D. Fumarola. However, S. Musarella made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating BudaBros player was without a doubt K. Micheliavičius. A. Musso turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 2.