gerbiese 0 - 10 Melegnano (381663839)

25566 spectators arrived at Bosco dei 100 Acri, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Diego Garrido was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Nikolakis Papachristos and Barbu Andrei. gerbiese decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Malagola - Nilberts, Masucci, Jahr - Risitano, Fragoso, Motti, Catallo, Spano - La Bella, Popa.

Melegnano started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Rivera - Bhutia, Boutin - Hansson, Yunta, Pomar, Bertoldi, Maidl - Bogdanoff, Stilli, Ughetto.

The most controversial moment of the game was likely the penalty given after 8 minutes. Melegnano's P. Boutin kept his concentration, despite the upset crowd, and calmly put the ball past the keeper to make the score 0 - 1. After 23 minutes C. Hansson made a speedy advance and dropped the ball to U. Ughetto who shuffled it past the keeper. The score was now 0 - 2. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Melegnano lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. With 30 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed E. Yunta of Melegnano to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 3. An amazing free kick flew past the home keeper 32 minutes into the match, putting Melegnano ahead 0 - 4. P. Boutin was the scorer. Melegnano increased their lead after 41 minutes when U. Ughetto broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 5, much to the home crowd's dismay. A drive down the left side allowed T. Bogdanoff to get in close and score another goal for Melegnano after 42 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 6. 0 - 6 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Melegnano, who controlled the ball 72 percent of the time.

Some things can only be learned through experience, and A. Motti should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting Melegnano a goal with 52 minutes of the match played. The visitors' K. Bhutia took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 55 minutes into the match. 0 - 7 for Melegnano. After 67 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave M. Maidl a chance to increase the lead for Melegnano, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 8. After 68 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for F. Stilli who increased Melegnano's lead to 0 - 9. 70 minutes into the game a free kick by P. Boutin found its way through the home side's poorly assembled defensive formation, making Melegnano's lead 0 - 10. This third goal completed a hattrick for P. Boutin. Melegnano enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 71 percent of possession.

The most dominating gerbiese player was without a doubt B. Spano. D. Malagola turned in a dismal performance, however. Melegnano's best player was U. Ughetto. However, P. Boutin made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 10.