Coprimi 3 - 2 gazzetta (381668050)

Dark skies made the crowd of 47837 at The gathering stadium a little nervous, but the rain held off. Kristaps Ešmanis was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Luigi Ruggeri and Clemente Torres Fontes. Fans of both teams had been eagerly awaiting this Lombardia derby and were doing their best to outshout their opponents. Coprimi had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Backhouse - Leirs, Martsepp, Feliu - Mäenrinta, Trpotec, Ciancarini, Dimasi, Habuš - Fredriksson, Bañuelos.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for gazzetta. The following players had been chosen: Kozma - Capannolo, Pilipūnas, Tuomenoksa - Montuori, Gherrini, Montironi, Fantino, Beltrame - Nae, Cantaro.

After 18 minutes, B. Feliu sent the corner kick right to E. Dimasi who headed it sharply past the keeper. 1 - 0! The visitors didn't give in and, after 36 minutes, S. Cantaro got through the home side's central line of defence, rolling in the equaliser to make it 1 - 1. D. Trpotec really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal following a great play by E. Dimasi after a corner. gazzetta's S. Cantaro was shown a yellow card after 41 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Coprimi's F. Bañuelos tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave A. Fredriksson from Coprimi a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 44 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Making his way up the middle 44 minutes into the match, N. Mäenrinta almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert K. Kozma blocked it to keep the score level. Coprimi took the lead 44 minutes into the game by 2 - 1, as S. Leirs elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. It was 2 - 1 at the break. Neither team were able to dominate possession this half.

Given a free kick in a difficult position after 49 minutes, gazzetta tried a variation that they had practised in training. The kick was sent into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and allowed no space for a finish. With 50 minutes played, the gazzetta coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. A. Davulcu came on, R. Capannolo had to leave the fray. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Coprimi coach let S. Peredo replace S. Ciancarini after 56 minutes. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. B. Feliu squirmed through their central defence after 56 minutes, increasing the lead to 3 - 1. F. Bañuelos left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 57 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. G. Slotterback was the replacement. gazzetta needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 61 minutes E. Gherrini made way for E. Panconesi. D. Aiello was called on to replace Coprimi's A. Fredriksson after 64 minutes following a nasty collision. As the captain was no longer on the pitch, B. Feliu took over the role of being the Coprimi captain. The home side's D. Aiello came close to extending the lead 73 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but K. Kozma managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. Ater 80 minutes S. Tuomenoksa seized on an opportunistic attack from the right, and scored for gazzetta making it 3 - 2. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, G. Pilipūnas got himself booked. The manager of gazzetta was not happy. Possession in this half belonged to gazzetta, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

N. Mäenrinta performed admirably for Coprimi. However, O. Martsepp made a disastrous appearance. Most important gazzetta player was S. Cantaro. G. Pilipūnas turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 2.