Vercingetorige 3 - 4 atletico (381667323)

41454 spectators arrived at La Rocca dei Celti, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Eirik Bjelkåsen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Vadim Nikiforov and Johan Urbansson. Vercingetorige tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. Lineup: Telese - Šutľák, Dolmetta - Zabalburu, Rotondo, Borroni, Zecchini, Tonelli - Esefeld, Josep, Barchet.

atletico had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Scalisi - Toro, Laporte, Geiss - De Winter, Picasso, Arconte, Tagini, Tourte - Ferranti, Diamanti.

Vercingetorige took the lead 17 minutes in, as G. Barchet broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. C. Diamanti's speed was clear to see after 21 minutes, as he darted down the wing and released C. Ferranti who placed the ball into the back of the net to make the score 1 - 1. With 24 minutes played P. Rotondo almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, G. Josep scored for Vercingetorige putting them ahead 2 - 1, after 34 minutes. Against a lesser team, Vercingetorige could very well have succeeded with their smart indirect free kick routine after 37 minutes. A trio of passes took the ball all the way past the defenders, but by then the intended recipient was already blocked off and the keeper could make a leisurely save. 2 - 1 was the score after the first half. Vercingetorige enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

Some brilliant football from the visitors' right wing resulted in a levelling of the score as atletico's R. Tagini put the ball in the onion bag after 59 minutes to make it 2 - 2. atletico's D. Tourte was shown a yellow card after 60 minutes for slicing down an opponent. After 67 minutes, atletico put themselves up 2 - 3, as R. Tagini finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. The Vercingetorige players listened closely to their manager, as he gave new tactical instructions for the team. The Vercingetorige coach was desperate to reverse his team's fortunes in the game, and ordered his team to change strategy. Due to some great work on the right wing Vercingetorige's G. Josep was able to even the score after 73 minutes to make the score 3 - 3. 80 minutes into the game, P. Picasso was a hair's breadth away from giving atletico the lead with a shot from over on the left. A prompt block by M. Telese saved the home team that time. Making his way up the middle 83 minutes into the match, G. Barchet almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert S. Scalisi blocked it to keep the score level. atletico took the lead 84 minutes into the game, making the score 3 - 4 after some elegant movement down the middle. R. Tagini was the scorer. This third goal completed a hattrick for R. Tagini. Vercingetorige claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

G. Josep performed admirably for Vercingetorige. N. Borroni on the other hand, had a terrible day. atletico's best player was C. Diamanti. However, H. De Winter made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 4.