Bamba 0 - 9 Monte (381699632)

The crowd of 12000 turning up at Bamba Dream Team Arena today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Ernesto Frühwirth was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ubaldo Matildo Soto and Pavel Červeňák. Bamba tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: Novelli - Camisasca, Della Ventura, Ramundo, Dossi - Parrinello, Chiera, Stancari, Biddau - Frosini, Ripani.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Monte. Starters: Bouvier - Santarelli, Calabro, Gardano, Giuffreda - Rosenau, Thorsgaard, Kospoth, Roland - Pla, Şahvələdli.

Monte took the lead after V. Santarelli curved a free kick into the net. 0 - 1 Some things can only be learned through experience, and G. Giuffreda should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting Bamba a goal with 10 minutes of the match played. Monte increased their lead after 14 minutes when Ó. Pla broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 2, much to the home crowd's dismay. The players of Monte now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Some fine movement on the left led to a Monte goal after 21 minutes, making it 0 - 3. M. Roland was noted down as the scorer. The Monte free kick 26 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of B. Calabro, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 0 - 4! After 40 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed Ó. Pla to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 5. G. Tonini was called on to replace Monte's G. Giuffreda after 41 minutes following a nasty collision. It was 0 - 5 at the break. Monte claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 91 percent.

With the scoreboard showing that 61 minutes had been played, Monte nearly put themselves up another goal after G. Tonini came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. V. Santarelli of Monte received a yellow card after 63 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. It was a bad day for the usually speedy B. Calabro. The mud seemed to slow him down. With 74 minutes played, Monte put themselves up 0 - 6 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was G. Gardano. H. Şahvələdli increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 7. With 85 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed H. Şahvələdli of Monte to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 8. The home crowd was not impressed when E. Rosenau came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 86 minutes. Monte were now up 0 - 9. Monte enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 94 percent of possession.

Bamba's best player was G. Biddau. R. Chiera was a disappointment, however. H. Şahvələdli performed admirably for Monte. On the other hand, B. Calabro's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 9.