It had rained all day, but 35075 hardy fans still made it out to
Amunì Cascurò Arena.
Albert Eichin was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Toni Bechert and
Toni Pereira.
Cascurò tactics involved an interesting 5-3-2 combination.
They fielded: Simonetti - Pretto, Meneghello, Tangianu, Gerarduzzi, Borin - Pereira, Gallinari, Brata - Ghilotti, Todescato.
Stagnese decided to use a 2-5-3 set up.
The following players took the field: Giardinà - Zachař, Konopacki - Ciglione, Grego, Herrala, Piazza, Canellas - Artuso, Erba, Anelli.
Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Cascurò.
Stagnese had several good opportunities to take the lead, especially 5 minutes in when
C. Artuso came up alone against
G. Simonetti who managed a block.
Stagnese took the lead after 20 minutes making the score 0 - 1.
G. Konopacki placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left.
Cascurò's
G. Meneghello got himself booked for a foul.
R. Canellas of Stagnese had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game.
D. Canzano came in to finish the match.
It was a bad day for the usually speedy
L. Ghilotti. The mud seemed to slow him down.
Cascurò's counterattacks were lethal to the opposing defence, allowing
G. Meneghello to score easily from the right flank for 1 - 1.
With 41 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 2 - 1 lead as
A. Todescato flipped the ball in after a cross from the right.
Halftime score was 2 - 1.
Stagnese had most of the ball, with 71 percent of possession.
Cascurò caught their opponents out with a clever counterattack down the right wing 69 minutes into the match.
L. Ghilotti was able to finish off the move - 3 - 1.
Cascurò almost scored after a counterattack 73 minutes into the match, but
G. Pretto took a shot from the left that landed harmlessly in the side of the net.
The Cascurò players could smell victory in the air.
A. Tangianu wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for
G. Zerbi after 75 minutes.
With 83 minutes gone, Cascurò's
G. Meneghello had to leave the pitch after talking back to the referee and receiving his second booking.
With 84 minutes played,
D. Gallinari of Cascurò fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving.
Stagnese enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 74 percent of possession.
Z. Borin performed admirably for Cascurò.
However,
D. Gallinari made a disastrous appearance.
The most dominating Stagnese player was without a doubt
C. Artuso.
D. Canzano on the other hand, had a terrible day.
The match ends 3 - 1.