ss62 0 - 1 Airways (381752388)

The crowd of 21873 turning up at "oasi felice" di sesto today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Emmanuel Ledent was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alain Huchet and Marc Fraisse. A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for ss62. Lineup: Dubinko - Šimoník, Sõber - op der Heijde, Iacoviello, Gugg, Borin, Giovannetti - Syrjämäki, Loskarn, Spørring.

Airways started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. Starters: Angulo - Rozo, Rouse - Matías, Turagay, Erdős, Hámos, Park - Rubrichi, Baggio, Boemo.

27 minutes in, ss62 appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only inadequate. 28 minutes in, ss62's A. Borin received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. M. Park was uncomfortable with the soggy pitch as he couldn't move the ball around with his usual grace. Airways took the lead 35 minutes into the game, making the score 0 - 1 after some elegant movement down the middle. V. Baggio was the scorer. The game was characterised by rough play and many physical challenges on the wet field, but J. Šimoník showed great heart and had a good game. Some fine passing in the middle of the pitch, carving open the away defence, should have led to a goal for ss62, but A. Iacoviello's shot went over the bar. 40 minutes into the game, ss62 seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to poor. It was 0 - 1 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Airways, with 51 percent of the ball.

The ss62 players spent the break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organisation and regained a passable organisation when the game started again. K. Sõber charged down the left and had a wonderful opportunity to score the equaliser for ss62, but the shot went well wide of the goal. Against a lesser team, ss62 could very well have succeeded with their smart indirect free kick routine after 52 minutes. A trio of passes took the ball all the way past the defenders, but by then the intended recipient was already blocked off and the keeper could make a leisurely save. The referee showed Airways's E. Boemo the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. ss62 enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 58 percent of possession.

Most important ss62 player was P. Gugg. On the other hand, V. Dubinko's play was disheartening. The most dominating Airways player was without a doubt E. Boemo. M. Park on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 1.