VUOMMC 3 - 1 Gutta (381767016)

Due to an all-day shower, 19400 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at SICCHIO COMUNALE. VUOMMC started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. They fielded: Soprano - Muhterem, Semprún, Fyfe - Fernández, da Ibia, Magleby, Mircioiu - Zambruno, Kakkonen, 森 (Mori).

Gutta tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players took the field: Dias - Linén, van der Weert, Alves, Spampinato - Lucia, Devault, Amado, Iozzino - Brynaert, Belitsch.

Gutta were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. J. Linén spent most of the time in a heap on the ground today, his normally rapid movement hindered by the slippery pitch. W. Iozzino didn't let the weather get him down and made some great moves on the pitch in spite of the rain. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave P. Zambruno from VUOMMC a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 40 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! VUOMMC made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left J. Fernández completely alone with keeper F. Dias, who made a spectacular block. With 43 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. T. Belitsch put the ball away for 0 - 1. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to VUOMMC, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

R. Magleby showed the skills that make him a real crowd pleaser as he, after 61 minutes, wove through the guests' entire central defence and put the 1 - 1 equaliser away. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 65 minutes, VUOMMC did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, R. Magleby was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 2 - 1. After 71 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and J. Semprún gave the VUOMMC supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 3 - 1. The players of VUOMMC now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Gutta needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 75 minutes N. Devault made way for A. Mazingue. After 80 minutes, Gutta switched T. Belitsch with R. van Schendelen, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. The bench was restless, and with 83 minutes passed Gutta's coach gave J. van Dorpel the opportunity the player had been hoping for. J. Linén reluctantly left the field. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by VUOMMC, with 52 percent of the ball.

Most important VUOMMC player was P. Zambruno. However, D. Soprano made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating Gutta player was without a doubt R. Brynaert. On the other hand, F. Dias's play was disheartening. The match ends 3 - 1.