savoia 3 - 1 pescarese (381662794)

42659 fans braved the pouring rain at Giraud. Danko Eltrich was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Johannes Oskarsson and Elek Dezső. savoia had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Infante - Fioretti, Pãcurar, Gallo - Wamsteeker, Tavana, Virga, Podobed, Pferd - Maciel Neto, Giovinco.

pescarese decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. They fielded: Masio - Bailote, Halász, Smedile, Durán de Quiroga - Pupovac, Scaramuzzi, Lecaros, Bergamaschi, Bonhof - Cālītis.

savoia saw most attack opportunities on the wings. pescarese were relying on their ability to counter-attack. 2 minutes into the match, the referee signalled for a pescarese substitution. J. Carpio came on for V. Cālītis. savoia had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. savoia had a good opportunity to take the lead as C. Pferd came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of V. Masio. The rain made it hard for players like T. Maciel Neto to show their technical control of the ball on this soggy day. P. Giovinco caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 39 minutes. This gave savoia the 1 - 0 lead. F. Durán de Quiroga of pescarese seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 1 - 1 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by L. Bergamaschi. savoia took the lead after 42 minutes as a result of P. Giovinco's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 2 - 1. 2 - 1 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to savoia, who controlled the ball 61 percent of the time.

After 56 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and M. Fioretti gave the savoia supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 3 - 1. Content with how the game was proceeding, the savoia coach let O. Salmela replace P. Giovinco after 57 minutes. The players of savoia now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. savoia's G. Virga had an excellent opportunity after 68 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! 76 minutes in, savoia's O. Gallo received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The muddy pitch made the game a gritty affair, which seemed to suit O. Salmela just fine. pescarese needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 80 minutes N. Lecaros made way for W. Lastman. Good work by the pescarese defensive line after 85 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found R. Smedile alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. savoia enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 61 percent of possession.

The most dominating savoia player was without a doubt T. Maciel Neto. R. Infante was a disappointment, however. pescarese's best player was J. Carpio. On the other hand, A. Halász's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 1.