Mollanza 4 - 2 Atletic (381672698)

Clear skies welcomed the 41166 spectators who had made their way to Magnolo Scolum. Claudio Jarillot was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mustafa Weider and Nikos Yiagkos. Fans of both teams had been eagerly awaiting this Milano derby and were doing their best to outshout their opponents. Mollanza tactics involved an interesting 4-5-1 combination. Lineup: van Beers - Corvera, 宽鑫 (Kuanxin) , Zakrys, Gunich - Manga, Robinson, Kruithof, Zaporojanu, 宇佑 (Yuyou) - Laszczykowski.

Atletic had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Fustini - Nedeljković, Oreiro, Meierich - Pantani, Principi, Pirlo, Gualandri, Al-Wahedi - Matos, Couzo.

Mollanza were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. Atletic saw most attack opportunities on the wings. This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when R. Gualandri slipped through the defence on the right to come up alone against R. van Beers, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning reflexes. With 14 minutes played, M. Nedeljković of Atletic fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. The referee signaled a penalty for the home side after 18 minutes, amid vocal protests from the visitors. Mollanza fans erupted in celebration as A. Laszczykowski rifled the ball into the the top corner. 1 - 0! Halftime score was 1 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to Mollanza, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

Atletic's R. Al-Wahedi was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - A. Matos managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 1 - 1 after 48 minutes. 50 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but G. Principi, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. N. Kruithof would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. T. Rozpłochowski entered the game for Mollanza as the match clock showed 58 minutes. After 58 minutes, the Mollanza manager redeployed his men. 周. 宇佑 (Yuyou) swapped positions with T. Rozpłochowski. C. Pantani's speed was clear to see after 62 minutes, as he darted down the wing and released A. Matos who placed the ball into the back of the net to make the score 1 - 2. P. Couzo came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over R. van Beers but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. After 85 minutes of play, 周. 宇佑 (Yuyou) evened things up for Mollanza with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 2 - 2. After 88 minutes, A. Laszczykowski sent the corner kick right to A. Zaporojanu who headed it sharply past the keeper. 3 - 2! After 88 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and A. Robinson gave the Mollanza supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 4 - 2. Mollanza had most of the ball, with 57 percent of possession.

Mollanza's best player was A. Laszczykowski. T. Rozpłochowski turned in a dismal performance, however. A. Matos performed admirably for Atletic. On the other hand, M. Oreiro's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 2.