Irriducibili 5 - 1 alobox (381745332)

33864 punters turned up at S. francesco di Paola, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Guerric Gavard was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Juhani Karjalainen and Aad Boon. Irriducibili started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Shamir - Kurylovich, Santana, Gaffel - Andenna, Laganà, Pellicciotta, Vanni, Fortunato - Lello, Tursi.

alobox decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. They fielded: Pala - Kalafus, Giberts - Roca, Rizzetto, Ventrone, Filippin, Schembari - Nedelchev, Mastrogiovanni, Rotariu.

The wings were the focus of most of Irriducibili's attacks today. alobox used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. Irriducibili caught their opponents out with a clever counterattack down the right wing 32 minutes into the match. G. Laganà was able to finish off the move - 1 - 0. Irriducibili's R. Lello increased the lead to 2 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 34 minutes. The players of Irriducibili now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Irriducibili managed to extend their lead to 3 - 0 when F. Tursi cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. Halftime score was 3 - 0. Neither team was controlling the possession at this point in the match, with the stats showing a 50:50 split.

Players in Irriducibili heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Irriducibili scored another to make it 4 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for J. Santana after 48 minutes. After 55 minutes alobox's C. Rizzetto contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. Proving his experience, D. Rotariu scored 4 - 1 for alobox after putting some pressure on the opposing defence at a critical moment. With 84 minutes played, Irriducibili put themselves up 5 - 1 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to R. Lello, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. alobox had a fair chance to reply after 87 minutes due to some fine moves down the left, but in the end F. Roca was slow to keep up with the play and was unable to make it into the penalty box to apply a finish. 88 minutes in, alobox's A. Filippin received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. A loud groan was heard from the fans of Irriducibili, as F. Tursi left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. P. Arapoglou took his place on the field. alobox claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

Irriducibili's top performer was clearly G. Laganà. F. Andenna was a disappointment, however. The most dominating alobox player was without a doubt V. Ventrone. E. Schembari turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 5 - 1.