Sporting 2 - 3 bozzolicchio (381737943)

Weather conditions were fairly good for football, and Albert Hofer Arena saw a crowd turnout of 30000. José-Carlos Lafenetre was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Lindor Ramos and Carlos Muguruza. A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Sporting. They fielded: Joaquim - Imbalzano, La Rocca, Mirabile, Aufiero, Gandini - Pancorbo, Kreysler-Hehberger, Rehbach, Duatti - Spinelli.

bozzolicchio decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Treliński - Anwer, Gago, Velichkov - Shadiev, Staicu, Månlund, Petignat, Oliva - Belluccini, Pierattini.

Sporting seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. Today, bozzolicchio's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. A. Mirabile's lack of experience almost gave bozzolicchio a goal after 8 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. Sporting created a good opportunity to score 28 minutes into the match when V. Spinelli's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. The home keeper expected a move to the right, but A. Belluccini surprised him with a free kick aimed the other way 34 minutes into the match. 0 - 1 for bozzolicchio. Sporting's A. Mirabile made an attempt at equalising 37 minutes into the match, coming in from the right, but the ball hit the post and the defence easily cleared the rebound. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Sporting enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.

Content with how the game was proceeding, the bozzolicchio coach let M. Laumeyer replace B. Gago after 46 minutes. The bozzolicchio players could smell victory in the air. P. Månlund wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for A. Petrov after 50 minutes. 57 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as A. Petrov finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. W. Imbalzano tried to get a goal back for Sporting but despite all his hard work down the right, he just couldn't complete the move. Sporting's V. Spinelli got the home crowd going when he finished off a left wing charge, reducing the away team's lead to 1 - 2. A well placed corner kick from R. Kreysler-Hehberger was followed by J. Aufiero's hard but accurate header. The well executed routine resulted in a goal for Sporting, the score now 2 - 2. bozzolicchio had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. bozzolicchio's M. Laumeyer gave the visitors a 2 - 3 lead after 80 minutes with a superb strike from the right. Sporting's W. Imbalzano made a successful breakthrough on the left after 84 minutes and should have levelled the score, but instead he clipped it over the bar. Sporting claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

Most important Sporting player was V. Spinelli. A. Gandini turned in a dismal performance, however. bozzolicchio's best player was F. Pierattini. A. Belluccini on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 3.