Pippo 0 - 2 maregrosso (380281755)

Dark skies made the crowd of 22712 at Fossa delle tope a little nervous, but the rain held off. Dejan Renevey was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Max Daniel Feuer and Jens Nyegaard. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Pippo. They fielded: Vaupotič - Pepelnik, Lligadas, Leschiutta - Zani, da Rocha, Kiss, Castellino, Draye - Igüeldo, Deree.

maregrosso tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Galtarossa - Di Tuccio, Musante, Cavedale - Loddo, Menzani, Virgadamo, Roncolini, Limpel - Gianello, Bongiorno.

Pippo's A. Castellino tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave A. Castellino from Pippo a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 21 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Pippo's I. Deree refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 28 minutes. After 29 minutes, maregrosso put themselves up 0 - 1, as G. Menzani finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. 40 minutes in, Pippo's I. Deree received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. A loud groan was heard from the fans of maregrosso, as D. Loddo left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. A. Buelga took his place on the field. M. Cavedale received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 42 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 2. The maregrosso fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. Halftime score was 0 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to Pippo, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

Had it not been for one of the home defenders, C. Di Tuccio would have put maregrosso up another goal 54 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. Pippo's I. Deree found himself alone on the left side 67 minutes into the match and laid down a perfect shot - right into the arms of the keeper! 74 minutes into the game, F. Leschiutta had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came M. Wyss. Neither team were able to dominate possession this half.

Most important Pippo player was G. Igüeldo. G. Zani turned in a dismal performance, however. maregrosso's best player was G. Bongiorno. On the other hand, A. Buelga's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 2.