Frattaglia 3 - 1 Mestrino (381667317)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 48349 at Insalatiera today. Quentin Baron was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Harijs Zavodņickis and Enrico Gaeta. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Frattaglia. Starters: Santelli - Della Mea, Kosierb, Pántya, Nietlispach - Villafuentes, Hungerbühler, Cassano, Doszpoly - Rzepski, Delwiche.

Mestrino tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Vannier - Starzyński, Trillo, Boryca - Falken, Vaht, Megna, Bonnamy, Magenis - Spinozzi, Danska.

Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Frattaglia. Frattaglia fans held their breath as G. Hungerbühler scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! K. Delwiche should probably have put his team up another goal after 25 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by T. Vannier kept the visitors in the game. With 26 minutes played, Frattaglia put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to R. Della Mea, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. In the lead, Frattaglia adjusted their style of play with 27 minutes gone. After 27 minutes, the Frattaglia players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game. 2 - 0 was the score after the first half. Frattaglia had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

After a short break after 51 minutes, Frattaglia seemed to change their tactical approach a bit. In an effort to secure the lead, Frattaglia changed their tactic after 51 minutes. K. Delwiche left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 51 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. J. Mola was the replacement. 57 minutes in, D. Spinozzi made an incredible run up the middle and nearly reduced the home side's lead, but C. Santelli refused to let the ball slip by him. B. Rzepski increased Frattaglia's lead to 3 - 0 with a penalty spot cannonball. Confident in their lead, Frattaglia's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. J. Magenis's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert D. Spinozzi was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for Mestrino. 3 - 1. The home side's G. Hungerbühler came close to extending the lead 84 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but T. Vannier managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. Possession in this half belonged to Frattaglia, who controlled the ball 55 percent of the time.

Most important Frattaglia player was C. Santelli. However, R. Doszpoly made a disastrous appearance. Mestrino's best player was D. Spinozzi. On the other hand, A. Vaht's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 1.