Gucci_tv 4 - 1 Melegnano (381675826)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 41832 at La Padania today. Oliver Santen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Aksel Ørnstrøm and Guillaume Gaillard. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Gucci_tv. The following players had been chosen: Turmo - Viirelä, Condorelli, Jaňák - Borisovich, Cibulec, Testagonfia, Cobianchi, Kojeir - Leis, Fandella.

Melegnano decided to use a 4-3-3 set up. They fielded: Cagliostro - Sáiz Lucas, Tošić, Šaban, Müşerref - Alpont, Snider, Mięsok - Tihinen, Maccarinelli, Kaláb.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Melegnano. Gucci_tv's V. Borisovich refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 18 minutes. 19 minutes into the game, D. Kaláb almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. Melegnano's T. Tihinen was shown a yellow card after 19 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Gucci_tv could have put themselves ahead after 20 minutes but U. Testagonfia missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. Coming in from the right, Melegnano had a good opportunity to convert on a counterattack after 21 minutes, but G. Maccarinelli's attempt to finish was easily stopped. They were singing the praises of D. Fandella 35 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to Gucci_tv. After 39 minutes, Gucci_tv were awarded a free kick. Rather than shooting straight at goal, the taker went for an indirect variant which seemed to take his team mates a bit by surprise. C. Cobianchi did attempt a finish, but from an awkward position, sending the ball into the away fans. Good work by the Melegnano defensive line after 40 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found V. Šaban alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. Gucci_tv put themselves up 2 - 0 when T. Leis broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. 2 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Gucci_tv, with 74 percent of the ball.

In a rapid move 50 minutes into the match, B. Mięsok of Melegnano lost his man and passed the ball to the unmarked T. Tihinen who easily hit it home to make it 2 - 1. Luckily the ref didn't see him taunting the opposing fans in celebration - naughty boy! U. Testagonfia could have increased the lead after 78 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Gucci_tv scored another to make it 3 - 1 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for T. Leis after 85 minutes. After 86 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and D. Fandella gave the Gucci_tv supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 4 - 1. After this, you could see that the players of Gucci_tv were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. G. Maccarinelli caught everyone off guard with a great opening pass - but unfortunately L. Alpont was as surprised by the move as anybody else, and managed to miss the extraordinary opportunity. E. Kojeir should probably have put his team up another goal after 88 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by D. Cagliostro kept the visitors in the game. Possession in this half belonged to Gucci_tv, who controlled the ball 74 percent of the time.

The most dominating Gucci_tv player was without a doubt T. Leis. However, J. Viirelä made a disastrous appearance. Melegnano's top performer was clearly D. Kaláb. B. Mięsok was a disappointment, however. The match ends 4 - 1.