Cormio 5 - 2 A.C.SERGNANO (381663151)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 42792 at Cormio F.C. Arena today. Fabián Armando Tankian was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Pavel Voskoboy and Iliutã Eftimie. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Cormio. The following players took the field: Klenner - Leivo, Tapu, De Ceglie - Nava, Belluzzi, Ferrari, Tamper, Alzogaray - Dommer-Toft, Paço.

A.C.SERGNANO tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. They fielded: Millán - Willatzen, Elshof, Painokallio - Melanchthon, Zennaro, Maione, Consorti, Perego - Priller, Anfosso.

It was an obvious ambition of Cormio to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. Cormio had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. Cormio took the lead after 7 minutes as a result of F. Paço's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. After 21 minutes, M. Leivo sent the corner kick right to V. Tapu who headed it sharply past the keeper. 2 - 0! Cormio's T. Tamper saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 22 minutes. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Cormio coach let A. Puleo replace G. De Ceglie after 35 minutes. Cormio's K. Dommer-Toft got himself booked for a foul. F. Paço could have put Cormio up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 38 minutes. Players in Cormio heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. With 41 minutes played, Cormio put themselves up 3 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to F. Paço, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Confident in their lead, Cormio's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. It was 3 - 0 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Cormio, with 51 percent of the ball.

M. Leivo left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 50 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. J. Spinnewyn was the replacement. The A.C.SERGNANO free kick 52 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of D. Zennaro, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 3 - 1! One of many good crosses from P. Nava on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by F. Paço, who scored for Cormio. 4 - 1 That made three goals for F. Paço and he was marked down for the hat trick. The Cormio players could smell victory in the air. V. Tapu wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for D. Zelaya after 65 minutes. 72 minutes in, Cormio's T. Tamper received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. A.C.SERGNANO's D. Anfosso was shown a yellow card after 85 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 86 minutes into the match, the technically gifted F. Paço of Cormio scored 5 - 1, having made G. Maione look like a complete fool. The home team's fans were upset when, after 87 minutes, the visiting S. Willatzen broke through the central defence and kicked the ball past the keeper. 5 - 2 was the score. Possession was split evenly between the teams.

Cormio's best player was A. Alzogaray. D. Zelaya on the other hand, had a terrible day. A.C.SERGNANO's top performer was clearly K. Priller. C. Perego turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 5 - 2.