Baderbaus 6 - 2 Loschi (381676143)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 36260 at Baderbaus Arena today. Cornils Eenstek was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Léo Paquin and Mãdãlin Mos. Baderbaus had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Elba - Righini, Pieropan, Troiano - Fogliaresi, Amorosi, Morbelli, Zerbato, Papandrea - Imperi, Mazzei.

Loschi started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. The following players took the field: Kotál - Petitjean, Martins - Martínez Vara, Silva, Chirită, Bentili, Nordal - de Jesus, Trajchov, Stark.

Loschi took a creative approach on the field. Loschi's L. Nordal managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 7 minutes. 0 - 1. Due to some great work on the right wing Baderbaus's N. Mazzei was able to even the score after 14 minutes to make the score 1 - 1. Loschi's R. Silva was shown a yellow card after 17 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 29 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Baderbaus to take the lead after a good cross from the right found P. Zerbato alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. Baderbaus's S. Papandrea made use of his speed to get free of the defence, but he still couldn't get a shot off 32 minutes into the match. With 34 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 2 - 1 lead as A. Imperi flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Baderbaus's N. Mazzei increasing the lead to 3 - 1. Halftime score was 3 - 1. Baderbaus claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

Loschi will have to do without R. Silva for a time, due to a bad foot injury at the 50 minute mark. He was substituted by R. Cillekens. F. Martínez Vara was handed the Loschi captain's armband. A bit later, Loschi's J. Petitjean easily reduced the lead to 3 - 2 after a misunderstanding in the home side's central defence. Baderbaus's D. Morbelli refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 67 minutes. With 72 minutes played, Baderbaus put themselves up 4 - 2 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to A. Imperi, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave T. Righini from Baderbaus a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 73 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Cheers filled the stadium as A. Imperi broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 5 - 2 to Baderbaus. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for A. Imperi. The referee showed Baderbaus's D. Morbelli the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 79 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as A. Imperi broke through, making the score 6 - 2 for Baderbaus. By now, the players in Baderbaus felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. The bench was restless, and with 81 minutes passed Loschi's coach gave M. van Gulik the opportunity the player had been hoping for. F. Martínez Vara reluctantly left the field. The Loschi captaincy was handed to L. Nordal. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Baderbaus, with 62 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Baderbaus player was without a doubt P. Zerbato. M. Troiano on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important Loschi player was L. de Jesus. However, R. Cillekens made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 6 - 2.