Maindove 3 - 0 pescarese (381662780)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 40736 to El Cucurucho. Gabriël de Waal was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Cansoy Acem and Efgenijus Andriuchovas. Maindove started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Collier - Cortina, Leo, Ronzoni - Cargiolli, Rendo, Fanelli, Di Leo, Zambon - Vallejo Ortiz, Folli.

pescarese had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. They fielded: Åkerman - Bailote, Giampieri, Halász, Durán de Quiroga - Scaramuzzi, Bergamaschi, Lecaros, Bonhof, Pupovac - O'Sullivan.

Today, Maindove's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for pescarese. After 1 minutes, the Maindove coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving G. Collier off the field. M. Ongetta took his place. M. Cargiolli gave Maindove the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 The home side's M. Cargiolli came close to extending the lead 16 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but E. Åkerman managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. pescarese's counterattacks created a good chance for C. O'Sullivan on the right after 19 minutes, but he could only look on with dismay as his strike rebounded off the crossbar. Halftime score was 1 - 0. Maindove claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 66 percent.

D. Leo increased the lead for Maindove to 2 - 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! In an effort to secure the lead, Maindove changed their tactic after 60 minutes. Maindove's D. Leo put in a disappointing effort on a penalty after 62 minutes, firing just wide of the goal. Good work by the pescarese defensive line after 63 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found N. Lecaros alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. With 65 minutes played, the pescarese coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. J. Carpio came on, C. O'Sullivan had to leave the fray. After 68 minutes pescarese's L. Bergamaschi contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. A great save by keeper E. Åkerman after 71 minutes kept the visitors in the game after M. Cortina struck from the left with a real cannonball. Cheers filled the stadium as G. Vallejo Ortiz broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 0 to Maindove. Possession in this half belonged to Maindove, who controlled the ball 66 percent of the time.

The most dominating Maindove player was without a doubt M. Folli. However, B. Zambon made a disastrous appearance. pescarese's top performer was clearly J. Carpio. A. Giampieri was a disappointment, however. The match ends 3 - 0.