atletico 5 - 2 Clarcus (378132465)

Clouds darkened the skies at Nuovo Simpatia as 598 spectators turned up for the match. Mathias Ziep was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jan Rolfsson and Severino Nepi. atletico started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Ivanović - Zambrotta, Delfin, Ciappi - Cargiolli, Giordano, Lozupone, Diaz, Celadin - Veloso, Toniolo.

Clarcus tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. Lineup: Kvarnstad - Cacicia, Guandalini - Pedro, Frankena, Ramella pezza, Biffino, Sbardella - Verbruggen, Demuro, Muzell.

atletico mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. Clarcus's A. Demuro gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 3 minutes with a superb strike from the right. 12 minutes into the game, Clarcus seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to inadequate. After 27 minutes, Clarcus's A. Demuro fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! Clarcus's A. Verbruggen made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 35 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. 41 minutes into the match, atletico's C. Lozupone maneuvered his way around the opposition on the left flank, delighting the crowd with his twists and turns. The effort paid off as the ball found the back of the net, evening the score at 1 - 1. The home side put themselves ahead 2 - 1 after 44 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from G. Celadin, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to atletico, who controlled the ball 63 percent of the time.

During the break, Clarcus's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to solid organisation. The visitors were awarded a penalty by the referee 55 minutes into the match, much to the anger of the home crowd. S. Ramella pezza took advantage of the situation and scored to make it 2 - 2. A. Veloso caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 60 minutes. This gave atletico the 3 - 2 lead. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for atletico, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. 64 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as I. Giordano broke through, making the score 4 - 2 for atletico. G. Toniolo unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. atletico players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. A. Veloso could have increased the lead after 73 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. 79 minutes in, Clarcus appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only passable. Cheers filled the stadium as A. Cargiolli broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 5 - 2 to atletico. Confident in their lead, atletico's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. atletico had most of the ball, with 60 percent of possession.

G. Toniolo performed admirably for atletico. L. Ciappi on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Clarcus player was A. Sbardella. However, B. Kvarnstad made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 5 - 2.