scorpio3 6 - 2 Zulu2012 (379565501)

2818 spectators arrived at geppo arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Peter Tobiasen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Elvezio Fiumani and Alessandro Della Valle. scorpio3 started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Balaguera - Pucci, Fersch - Ganot, Pérez, Cosimelli, Zamberletti, Rigotti - Héder, Poidevin, Revignassi.

Zulu2012 tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. The following players took the field: Bellwood - Moloi, Allread - Stephens, Vusani, Chimusasa, Ngubane, Bright-Rawlings - Olonga, Holden, Bradley.

With 2 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as M. Rigotti flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. With 12 minutes played, M. Allread came in from the right and could have evened the score, but the defenders successfully repelled the attack by Zulu2012. After 13 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by P. Pucci might have resulted in another goal for scorpio3. However, M. Bellwood made a spectacular save. K. Vusani finished off a quick charge from the left of the field by chipping the ball just past the home side's keeper, making the score 1 - 1 14 minutes into the match. P. Pucci caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 16 minutes. This gave scorpio3 the 2 - 1 lead. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. F. Revignassi squirmed through their central defence after 27 minutes, increasing the lead to 3 - 1. Confident in their lead, scorpio3's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. 3 - 1 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to scorpio3, who controlled the ball 61 percent of the time.

After 47 minutes, Z. Holden chose the right corner while taking his penalty, humiliating the home keeper, who dived in the wrong direction. The goal reduced the home lead to 3 - 2. R. Zamberletti was ever so close to scoring after an excellent corner was beautifully flicked on by M. Cosimelli, but the ball bounced off the post to safety. Content with how the game was proceeding, the scorpio3 coach let A. Vasconcelos replace C. Fersch after 75 minutes. The scorpio3 players could smell victory in the air. C. Balaguera wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for M. Baldissarro after 80 minutes. V. Héder became the new scorpio3 captain. After 88 minutes, V. Héder put scorpio3 ahead 4 - 2 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. Cheers filled the stadium as M. Cosimelli broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 5 - 2 to scorpio3. scorpio3 were given a gift! The ref dubiously awarded them a penalty 89 minutes into the match, which was neatly put away by F. Revignassi. 6 - 2 for the home side. After 89 minutes scorpio3's P. Pucci contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. scorpio3 claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 65 percent.

scorpio3's top performer was clearly N. Poidevin. However, M. Baldissarro made a disastrous appearance. Zulu2012's best player was Z. Holden. M. Bellwood on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 6 - 2.