Darkstadt 9 - 0 Ancona (381662714)

47572 spectators arrived at DunfAlò, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Eduardo Merodio was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ahmet Fahri Mücap and Julio Lana. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Darkstadt. They fielded: Rödingshausen - Salomon, Beis, Markov - Schmittknecht, Sainte-Rose, Gigov, Ruscitti, Guzmán Ibáñez - Remkes, Rizzoli.

Ancona tactics involved an interesting 4-3-2 combination. Starters: Lilja - Ursu, Maza, van Geilswijk, Baruch - Valio, Borges, Inocencio - Musica, Hereijgers.

Ancona were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. 12 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for Darkstadt was J. Sainte-Rose. With 22 minutes played, Darkstadt put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to A. Salomon, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. After 36 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Ancona found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to inadequate. A. Salomon increased the lead for Darkstadt to 3 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! By now, the players in Darkstadt felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. 38 minutes in, Darkstadt's O. Rizzoli received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Cheers filled the stadium as A. Guzmán Ibáñez broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 4 - 0 to Darkstadt. 4 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Darkstadt, with 68 percent of the ball.

The Ancona players spent the break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organisation and regained a solid organisation when the game started again. Darkstadt put themselves up 5 - 0 when D. Markov broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. 48 minutes in, Ancona appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only passable. Darkstadt's O. Rizzoli increased the lead to 6 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 58 minutes. Darkstadt increased the lead as O. Rizzoli struck to make the score 7 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. Darkstadt managed to extend their lead to 8 - 0 when O. Rizzoli cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. At that, O. Rizzoli was noted down for a hat trick! A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Darkstadt to 9 - 0 as D. Remkes finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. The coach of Darkstadt was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 89 minutes, H. Peyras came on for O. Rizzoli. Possession in this half belonged to Darkstadt, who controlled the ball 69 percent of the time.

H. Peyras performed admirably for Darkstadt. D. Markov on the other hand, had a terrible day. Ancona's best player was M. Hereijgers. M. Lilja was a disappointment, however. The match ends 9 - 0.