danesco 1 - 4 FERRA (381788240)

20960 punters turned up at GIOVANNI NARDI ARENA, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Moses Deuring was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Kimmo Nyyssönen and Rikkert Claassen. A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for danesco. Lineup: Sciacqua - Volmert, Batista, Mihalache, Iova - Labokas, Antoni, Tachev, Mac Auliffe, Monsen - Guazo.

FERRA decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. The following players took the field: Vogel - Alpiger, Castilla, Rossi, Mrázek - Ragona, Fernandes, Strain, Monforte, Promitzer - Vasiliu.

danesco clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. The wings were the focus of most of FERRA's attacks today. With 19 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. S. Strain put the ball away for 0 - 1. After 31 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed V. Vasiliu to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 2. FERRA's A. Fernandes left the field after 35 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was F. Iordache. danesco's E. Volmert was shown a yellow card after 40 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 0 - 2 was the score after the first half. danesco enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 51 percent of possession.

Players in FERRA heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. FERRA increased their lead after 52 minutes when V. Vasiliu broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 3, much to the home crowd's dismay. The referee showed FERRA's V. Vasiliu the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. danesco needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 65 minutes C. Mihalache made way for A. Vänni. P. Tachev was the new captain of danesco - handed the armband by the departing player. The home crowd was given a certain amount of consolation when N. Guazo scored after a brilliant midfield combination through the centre, reducing the lead to 1 - 3. V. Vasiliu increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 1 - 4. By then V. Vasiliu had scored three goals - a hat trick! The home side worked hard to get through the middle and as a result, had a good chance of getting one back as J. Mac Auliffe tried lifting the ball over keeper K. Vogel. Unfortunately, the ball went just over the bar. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave L. Promitzer from FERRA a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 87 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! FERRA had most of the ball, with 52 percent of possession.

danesco's top performer was clearly R. Batista. On the other hand, P. Monsen's play was disheartening. FERRA's best player was A. Ragona. K. Vogel on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 4.