Ambrosiana 6 - 0 Monster&co. (381747582)

The crowd of 36145 turning up at Ambrosiana Arena today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. James Sutherland was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mikael Svabek and Paolo Busan. All of Lombardia was shut down for the day, as fans of both clubs came to the derby. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Ambrosiana. The following players took the field: Redouani - Drielinger, Fröhlicher, Bakacak - Cruciani, Santamaria, Fariñas, Maran, Fedencrini - Varona, Timmers.

Monster&co. decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. Starters: Beckflod - Pazzini, Carbonaro - Ala, Mamot, Cocq, Starreveld, Kemperman - Hasselbalch, Raco, Henselijn.

Today, Monster&co.'s strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. It was a bad day for the usually speedy Z. Mamot. The mud seemed to slow him down. Ambrosiana took the lead 15 minutes in, as E. Varona broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. G. Fedencrini could have put Ambrosiana up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 20 minutes. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Ambrosiana's G. Fedencrini increasing the lead to 2 - 0. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Ambrosiana scored another to make it 3 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for B. Fariñas after 30 minutes. Confident in their lead, Ambrosiana's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Monster&co.'s M. Ala was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 40 minutes. D. Jáger was given a chance to change things around. It was 3 - 0 at the break. Ambrosiana had most of the ball, with 64 percent of possession.

Monster&co. needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 55 minutes M. Hasselbalch made way for P. Poursorkh. With 60 minutes played, the Monster&co. coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. A. Artaş came on, R. Cocq had to leave the fray. F. Fröhlicher struck a 30 metre free kick home 60 minutes into the match. 4 - 0 for the home team. The muddy pitch made the game a gritty affair, which seemed to suit P. Poursorkh just fine. The coach of Ambrosiana was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 66 minutes, T. Saviane came on for B. Fariñas. The Ambrosiana captaincy was handed to G. Santamaria. The score became 5 - 0 at 68 minutes into the game, when Ambrosiana were given a penalty which F. Fröhlicher blasted straight down the middle giving the keeper no chance! 69 minutes in, Ambrosiana's G. Santamaria received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. With 72 minutes played, Ambrosiana put themselves up 6 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to G. Fedencrini, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Ambrosiana, with 63 percent of the ball.

Most important Ambrosiana player was E. Varona. V. Cruciani on the other hand, had a terrible day. Monster&co.'s top performer was clearly T. Starreveld. On the other hand, D. Jáger's play was disheartening. The match ends 6 - 0.