excoto 3 - 1 Tergeste (381662669)

68336 punters turned up at new tuning stadium, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Quan Zi-Cheng was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Paul Lacan and Antti Ramstedt. excoto decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. The following players took the field: Stuifzand - Kachulin, Zębala, 寒興 (Hanxing) - Vooremaa, Evangelisti, Sonaglia, Ketilsson - Cihanerk, Lasciato, De Chirico.

Tergeste had chosen a strategic 5-2-3 formation. Lineup: Frizione - Parodi, Graziano, Granatiero, Romaniello, Mariconda - Salucci, De Loreto - Cerdelli, Bavastro, Martino.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Tergeste. 1 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a excoto substitution. D. Saja came on for C. De Chirico. The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 3 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from E. Cihanerk, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. The referee showed excoto's F. Zębala the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. After 27 minutes, D. Saja put excoto ahead 2 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. At this point, it was obvious that the players of excoto lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. A. Evangelisti unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. Halftime score was 2 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to excoto, who controlled the ball 84 percent of the time.

53 minutes in, Tergeste appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only solid. Tergeste had a great opportunity to score following a counterattack after 59 minutes, but I. Graziano's shot from the left sailed high over the bar. After 60 minutes, A. Granatiero sent the corner kick right to L. Bavastro who headed it sharply past the keeper. 2 - 1! excoto's L. Sonaglia had an excellent opportunity after 64 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! Tergeste almost scored after a counterattack 65 minutes into the match, but G. Parodi took a shot from the left that landed harmlessly in the side of the net. With 71 minutes played, the excellent ball from the wing by excoto's M. Vooremaa reached C. Lasciato's head, and he is not one to miss such an opportunity - 3 - 1. A great save by keeper G. Frizione after 85 minutes kept the visitors in the game after L. Sonaglia struck from the left with a real cannonball. C. Lasciato should probably have put his team up another goal after 88 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by G. Frizione kept the visitors in the game. excoto had most of the ball, with 85 percent of possession.

excoto's best player was L. Sonaglia. On the other hand, S. Stuifzand's play was disheartening. A. De Loreto performed admirably for Tergeste. F. Cerdelli turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 1.