daria 4 - 2 Caaguazu (379374629)

It had rained all day, but 2434 hardy fans still made it out to Maggio '82. Olaf Knarren was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Per D. Lindbeck and Mauro Fernández Rodríguez. daria decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Cicchi - Stabile, De Fabio, Cinghialo - Brugnone, Criniti, Duram, Zamperoni, Tursi - Grasseni, Aguirre.

A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Caaguazu. They fielded: Robles - Areyuna, Cortes, Moreira - Lugo, Dueñas, Segovia, Keisler - Kovácsovics, Houbaert, Gerov.

daria were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. After 22 minutes, E. Brugnone came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving daria the lead. It was obvious that daria had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of daria to 2 - 0 as S. Tursi finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. Confident in their lead, daria's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. A. Criniti slipped and slithered in the wet grass. His usual rapid runs were nowhere to be seen today. daria's C. Grasseni got himself booked for a foul. With 40 minutes played, daria put themselves up 3 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to B. Aguirre, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. S. Tursi had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. Halftime score was 3 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Caaguazu, with 58 percent of the ball.

Things were deteriorating for the away team as daria scored another to make it 4 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for E. De Fabio after 48 minutes. Caaguazu's right side looked dangerous after 52 minutes, as V. Cortes broke through. M. Cicchi continued to stifle them, however, as he made the save look easy. Caaguazu needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 70 minutes M. Houbaert made way for W. Corrales. Thighs bulging, A. Gerov charged past the weaker players, seemingly oblivious to the rain. A bit later, Caaguazu's I. Keisler easily reduced the lead to 4 - 1 after a misunderstanding in the home side's central defence. The visitors replied 84 minutes into the game, reducing the home side's lead to 4 - 2, as J. Areyuna dashed up the middle, easily lobbing the ball over the home team's keeper. Caaguazu had to make a substitution after 87 minutes. A. Gerov limped off the field and was replaced by J. Apparcel. Possession in this half belonged to Caaguazu, who controlled the ball 61 percent of the time.

daria's top performer was clearly S. Tursi. M. Duram on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Caaguazu player was without a doubt O. Kovácsovics. However, V. Cortes made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 4 - 2.