spezzo 2 - 0 Luigiana (381742801)

Clear skies welcomed the 21772 spectators who had made their way to Il campicello. Dominik Okrój was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Joel Sabrosa and Gonzalo Oyola. Fans of both teams had been eagerly awaiting this Lombardia derby and were doing their best to outshout their opponents. spezzo had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Heldreich - Ponticelli, Zimoch, Polenghi - Kinder, Mantenuto, Ettenauer, Prencipe, D'aniello - Varotto, Brea.

Luigiana tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Solano - Gorostegui, Fenu, Hollander - Bonilla, Kikutake, Ilyés, Haslet, Nývlt - Sallustio, Bacà.

8 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but E. Gorostegui, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. M. Haslet had a good opportunity to give Luigiana the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. With 36 minutes played, M. Ettenauer of spezzo fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. P. Kinder gave spezzo the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 Things were going to get worse for the visitors. F. Prencipe squirmed through their central defence after 42 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. A great save by keeper M. Solano after 44 minutes kept the visitors in the game after F. Prencipe struck from the left with a real cannonball. Halftime score was 2 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to Luigiana, who controlled the ball 54 percent of the time.

Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Luigiana's M. Haslet was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 60 minutes. S. Spinnato was given a chance to change things around. After 70 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by B. D'aniello might have resulted in another goal for spezzo. However, M. Solano made a spectacular save. E. Mantenuto could have put spezzo up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 71 minutes. Luigiana claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

spezzo's best player was F. Prencipe. However, P. Heldreich made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Luigiana player was without a doubt E. Gorostegui. S. Spinnato was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 0.