spezzo 3 - 0 Carrozzeria (381742806)

It had rained all day, but 25540 hardy fans still made it out to Il campicello. Michael Brown was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Adriano Ferrara and Sander Delaet. spezzo decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Heldreich - Ponticelli, Zimoch, Polenghi - Kinder, Mantenuto, Ettenauer, Prencipe, D'aniello - Varotto, Brea.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Carrozzeria. The following players took the field: Lindelof - Buroň, Nisci, Zuffi - Reineke, Claesson, Coba, Janák, Golovko - Ménétrier, Algoet.

2 minutes into the game, L. Buroň almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. spezzo could have put themselves ahead after 8 minutes but B. D'aniello missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. After a fine move down the middle T. Polenghi nearly gave the home side a goal after 14 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave T. Polenghi from spezzo a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 16 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Down the middle came K. Golovko, making a fantastic play that nearly had Carrozzeria take the lead after 25 minutes, but P. Heldreich preserved the tie. After 26 minutes of play, J. Varotto gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. spezzo's P. Kinder left the field after 28 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was D. Albertazzi. The boggy pitch disrupted the game, especially for technical players like A. Ponticelli. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. spezzo had most of the ball, with 57 percent of possession.

F. Prencipe, who often relies on his speed, had a rotten day on the drenched grass. K. Zimoch could have put spezzo up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 77 minutes. 78 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as A. Brea broke through, making the score 2 - 0 for spezzo. At this point, it was obvious that the players of spezzo lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Carrozzeria's L. Zuffi was shown a yellow card after 80 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The score became 3 - 0 at 81 minutes into the game, when spezzo were given a penalty which K. Zimoch blasted straight down the middle giving the keeper no chance! spezzo's F. Prencipe got himself booked for a foul. Carrozzeria's L. Zuffi went down after a savage challenge, but could continue playing after some medical attention. Possession in this half belonged to spezzo, who controlled the ball 61 percent of the time.

spezzo's top performer was clearly J. Varotto. However, B. D'aniello made a disastrous appearance. S. Algoet performed admirably for Carrozzeria. On the other hand, L. Buroň's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 0.