Icetim 7 - 0 teolense (381678517)

The 30853 spectators at Icetim Arena were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Fabio Amorfini was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Davor Apostolović and Arne Leibold. Icetim started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Laurenti - Dondio, Nunziante - Goldberg, Verdiani, Giovannetti, Peressotti, Busiello - Capriolo, Morbidoni, Argio.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for teolense. Starters: Dänemark - Errembault, Rames, Sapone - Ferlaino, Boccabianca, Barzanti, Agnoli, Fusina - Bellintani, Viola.

Icetim mostly ignored the flanks in favour of their ability to attack in the middle. The strategy for teolense was to use their ability to press. teolense's ability to press all over the field frequently paid dividends. Icetim had a chance to take the lead after A. Morbidoni's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 28 minutes. teolense's R. Sapone refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 29 minutes. Icetim took the lead 30 minutes into the game by 1 - 0, as P. Verdiani elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Icetim, with 79 percent of the ball.

Although the whole team were struggling to impress, teolense's R. Dänemark was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 46 minutes. C. Gutman was given a chance to change things around. The unexpected cross pass from Icetim's A. Capriolo after 72 minutes opened up the defence and was received by A. Morbidoni who finished off for 2 - 0. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Icetim lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Icetim's A. Morbidoni was shown a yellow card after 76 minutes for slicing down an opponent. A loud groan was heard from the fans of teolense, as D. Bellintani left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. P. Mikołajko took his place on the field. Icetim solidified their lead at the 79 minute mark, as N. Peressotti dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 3 - 0. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Icetim coach let R. Omobono replace N. Peressotti after 80 minutes. Cheers filled the stadium as M. Goldberg broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 4 - 0 to Icetim. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, P. Mikołajko got himself booked. The manager of teolense was not happy. G. Giovannetti wasn't much help defensively. His energy-consuming forward runs proved quite costly in the oppressive heat. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for Icetim, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. G. Giovannetti squirmed through their central defence after 87 minutes, increasing the lead to 5 - 0. Icetim put themselves up 6 - 0 when S. Argio broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. 87 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as A. Capriolo broke through, making the score 7 - 0 for Icetim. Possession in this half belonged to Icetim, who controlled the ball 80 percent of the time.

Most important Icetim player was A. Capriolo. R. Omobono on the other hand, had a terrible day. B. Barzanti performed admirably for teolense. On the other hand, P. Mikołajko's play was disheartening. The match ends 7 - 0.