STATUARIO 7 - 0 Pietranera (381698852)

36109 spectators arrived at STATUARIO FC Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Kresten Laugesen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Björn Herhult and Olaf Meyer. STATUARIO decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: MacCrouther - Zucchelli, Carlér, Fadeev - Guerra, Marasso, Valentini, Carmoio, Guido - Morel, Soon Su.

Pietranera had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. The following players had been chosen: Rogier - Aquela, Messineo - Fontaine, Rasheed, Gigli, Römer, Capucho - Kisulu, Zubiete, Dragomir.

They were singing the praises of T. Soon Su 23 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 STATUARIO. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in STATUARIO's T. Soon Su increasing the lead to 2 - 0. The players of STATUARIO now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. With 40 minutes played, C. Zubiete of Pietranera fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. With 41 minutes played, STATUARIO's T. Soon Su almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to STATUARIO, who controlled the ball 72 percent of the time.

Pietranera's E. Fontaine was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 58 minutes. Things were deteriorating for the away team as STATUARIO scored another to make it 3 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for T. Soon Su after 61 minutes. By then T. Soon Su had scored three goals - a hat trick! With 62 minutes played, STATUARIO put themselves up 4 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to G. Guerra, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. STATUARIO increased the lead as J. Carlér struck to make the score 5 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. After a short break after 75 minutes, STATUARIO seemed to change their tactical approach a bit. STATUARIO's G. Guerra was shown a yellow card after 77 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Almost all the way down to the corner flag, STATUARIO's E. Guido somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for T. Soon Su, who struck for 6 - 0. After 80 minutes, the STATUARIO players received new instructions from their manager on how to keep in control of the game. STATUARIO managed to extend their lead to 7 - 0 when T. Morel cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. E. Guido had a fantastic opportunity to put STATUARIO up another goal 84 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. STATUARIO enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 73 percent of possession.

Most important STATUARIO player was A. Valentini. D. Fadeev on the other hand, had a terrible day. Pietranera's best player was J. Kisulu. A. Messineo was a disappointment, however. The match ends 7 - 0.