ATLETICO 4 - 4 guinness (381755752)

28225 spectators had come to Allu Eliu this cloudy day. Elias Pohti was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jorge Feliz and Enzo Mottarda. Everyone was excited about the upcoming Puglia derby and the crowd was divided evenly. A 5-4-1 alignment was the formation of choice for ATLETICO. Starters: Brügger - Riccioni, Sirocchi, Szturc, Gilley, Mastrini - Groszek, Cerulli, Mugo, Mini - Franceschetti.

guinness had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. Lineup: Hilling - Vlot, De Giorgi - Dias, Falcione, Schiavo, Bocchi, Vessies - Maggi, Sammut, Frizzera.

For their match strategy, ATLETICO had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. guinness saw most attack opportunities on the wings. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, G. Franceschetti scored for ATLETICO putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 29 minutes. The visitors refused to give in and, after 35 minutes, J. Bocchi evened things up as he finished off a perfect pass from the right. 1 - 1 guinness took the lead after 36 minutes making the score 1 - 2. N. Maggi placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. guinness's A. Sammut made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 40 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. With 41 minutes gone, U. Cerulli suddenly found himself completely free on the right wing when a counterattack by ATLETICO caught their opponents by surprise. Only a great save by the opposing keeper prevented him from scoring. 42 minutes in, ATLETICO appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only passable. 1 - 2 was the halftime score. guinness enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 67 percent of possession.

Despite his frustration resulting in the smashing of a few teacups, the coach of ATLETICO was able to get his message across, and raised ATLETICO's organisation to solid. Attacking on the wings was the choice for guinness, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. With 52 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed N. Maggi of guinness to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 1 - 3. guinness were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. The home crowd was not impressed when M. Vlot came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 53 minutes. guinness were now up 1 - 4. The players of guinness now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. ATLETICO caught their opponents out with a clever counterattack down the right wing 70 minutes into the match. M. Groszek was able to finish off the move - 2 - 4. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, ATLETICO's M. Groszek was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 75 minutes. A. Cieckan was given a chance to change things around. ATLETICO showed their counterattack skill 75 minutes into the match by breaking through the middle, with D. Mastrini scoring uncontested for 3 - 4. A handball in the penalty area gave the home team a penalty 76 minutes into the match, and C. Riccioni was able to score, taking the scoreline to 4 - 4. After 80 minutes, the ATLETICO coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving D. Mastrini off the field. H. Baláž took his place. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by guinness, with 63 percent of the ball.

Most important ATLETICO player was G. Franceschetti. H. Baláž was a disappointment, however. guinness's top performer was clearly A. Sammut. On the other hand, J. Hilling's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 4.