GF1995Bologna 1 - 4 11Alcolizzati (378394926)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 1223 had shown up at Dozza Tommy Arena for the match. Fritz Dürkop was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Thorsten Hoffmann and Adrián Cenador. A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for GF1995Bologna. The following players had been chosen: Proost - Wasserzieher, Terramoccia, Rivelloni - Pogna, Tramonto, Manzini, Angeletti Catanossi - Capraro, Tecchio, Mikiš.

11Alcolizzati tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Furlani - Rocca, Bongiolatti, Caponi - Sanguanini, Camarda, Mottola, Califano, Annoni - Bizzozero, Lussu.

GF1995Bologna mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. 16 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but G. Rocca, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. GF1995Bologna's M. Rivelloni was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 22 minutes. After 25 minutes, 11Alcolizzati 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 D. Lussu, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 0 - 1. E. Caponi of 11Alcolizzati received a yellow card after 26 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. 0 - 1 was the score after the first half. 11Alcolizzati claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

Some things can only be learned through experience, and C. Mottola should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting GF1995Bologna a goal with 56 minutes of the match played. C. Mottola left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 67 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. E. Villano was the replacement. GF1995Bologna players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. After 72 minutes, M. Rivelloni made a dash down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the goal that made it 1 - 1. 74 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a 11Alcolizzati substitution. E. Schokker came on for N. Bongiolatti. The crowd gasped as D. Lussu of 11Alcolizzati was flattened by an opponent after 82 minutes and had to be carried off. J. Mättölä came in off the bench. The guests took the lead 83 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in E. Schokker scoring to make it 1 - 2. With 88 minutes of the game having been played, M. Annoni received a blow to the hip in a collision and was unable to continue. 11Alcolizzati, with no available replacements, now faced the prospect of finishing the game with a reduced number of players. P. Sanguanini's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert A. Bizzozero was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for 11Alcolizzati. 1 - 3. V. Califano of 11Alcolizzati took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 89 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 1 - 4. Possession in this half belonged to 11Alcolizzati, who controlled the ball 62 percent of the time.

GF1995Bologna's best player was R. Wasserzieher. However, N. Pogna made a disastrous appearance. E. Villano performed admirably for 11Alcolizzati. V. Califano on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 4.