Red 3 - 1 guigou325 (380288103)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 18165 at Arena del Colosseo today. Alessandro Demontis was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Przemysław Szubiński and Charrel van Duijn. People from all over Roma had joined up for the derby. Red had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. Lineup: Dision - Babo, Lazzara, Perronace - Giuffrida, Cieckan, Granata, Medano - Røed, Gualdi, Wilkman.

guigou325 started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Kling - Bulgarelli, Maaravi, Biltes - Egetenmeier, Kaartinen, Kun, Černý, Fetto - Matoszko, Cobo.

Red used their skill at pressing to cut off the attack angles of their opponents all over the field. 13 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but M. Fetto, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. Down the middle came E. Cobo, making a fantastic play that nearly had guigou325 take the lead after 14 minutes, but G. Dision preserved the tie. guigou325's G. Bulgarelli was shown a yellow card after 15 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Red took the lead after 23 minutes as a result of S. Røed's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. A cross coming in on the right hand side left E. Cobo alone in front of the goal after 27 minutes but his shot was woeful. Halftime score was 1 - 0. guigou325 had most of the ball, with 55 percent of possession.

Red's talent at pressing frustrated the spectators as the game became a dire midfield struggle. The Red players could smell victory in the air. M. Perronace wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for D. Castronovo after 56 minutes. T. Wilkman of Red was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. With 59 minutes played, the visitors could have drawn level after M. Fetto came through the middle, but his kick went wide. Unhappy with the result so far in the game, the guigou325 manager used a brief break in play after 60 minutes to give the players new directives. L. Gualdi wanted to play on, but the Red coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 61 minutes into the game by Y. Anelli. After 65 minutes, guigou325 used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. G. Cieckan left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 69 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. F. Bizzozero was the replacement. At this time in the match, Red were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, G. Granata got himself booked. The manager of Red was not happy. Coming through the middle A. Kun almost scored the equaliser for guigou325 after 82 minutes, but G. Dision made an excellent save, tipping the awkwardly curled shot past the post. 83 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as Y. Anelli broke through, making the score 2 - 0 for Red. The head of N. Maaravi connected with a corner kick after 86 minutes, and the ball ended up with T. Černý of guigou325 who blasted the ball into the net, making the score 2 - 1. Cheers filled the stadium as D. Castronovo broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 1 to Red. After this, you could see that the players of Red were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. 87 minutes in, guigou325's A. Kun received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by guigou325, with 54 percent of the ball.

Red's best player was G. Granata. R. Giuffrida on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important guigou325 player was R. Matoszko. G. Bulgarelli was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 1.