skorpion 2 - 0 SPAL (381845653)

Clear skies welcomed the 23570 spectators who had made their way to stadio degli skorpioni neri. Ricco Sterringer was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sebastián Mercado and Dario Vallone. skorpion started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Löwensprung - Fahnl, Taskov, Tzonev - Labaj, Tufariello, Marynszyk, Richetto, Mariancini - Gualbi, Rossoni.

SPAL decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. The following players had been chosen: Weiss - Betschy, Liolidis, Navarrete, Coelho - Fernández Hinestrosa, Dali, Oskarsson, Farkas, Sáenz Camacho - Meilink.

It was an obvious ambition of skorpion to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. SPAL clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. Some mind-boggling play by M. Tufariello almost resulted in a goal for SPAL, but L. Sáenz Camacho's shot rebounded off the post. Some great play up the middle by skorpion led to a chance for I. Gualbi to score after 24 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. Y. Taskov dispatched a majestic long shot 25 minutes into the match, but missed the goal by a few metres. skorpion made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left I. Gualbi completely alone with keeper Y. Weiss, who made a spectacular block. SPAL mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 33 minutes, but L. Sáenz Camacho was unable to convert from short range. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. skorpion claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 62 percent.

As the 46 minute mark approached, the skorpion coach decided it was time for a substitution. F. Richetto reluctantly made way for Á. Huttinger on the pitch. skorpion took the lead 47 minutes in, as N. Tzonev broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave C. Fernández Hinestrosa from SPAL a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 62 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! After 70 minutes, SPAL switched M. Dali with J. Cordero, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. The bench was restless, and with 70 minutes passed SPAL's coach gave C. Pérez the opportunity the player had been hoping for. S. Meilink reluctantly left the field. With 72 minutes played, Á. Huttinger could have brought this one home for skorpion as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. With 73 minutes gone, O. Oskarsson suddenly found himself completely free on the right wing when a counterattack by SPAL caught their opponents by surprise. Only a great save by the opposing keeper prevented him from scoring. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in skorpion's P. Rossoni increasing the lead to 2 - 0. Content with how the game was proceeding, the skorpion coach let G. Tufariello replace I. Gualbi after 77 minutes. C. Fernández Hinestrosa really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal following a great play by O. Oskarsson after a corner. 87 minutes into the game, F. Löwensprung had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came G. Brugnera. Possession in this half belonged to skorpion, who controlled the ball 67 percent of the time.

Most important skorpion player was P. Rossoni. On the other hand, G. Brugnera's play was disheartening. D. Farkas performed admirably for SPAL. Y. Weiss on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 0.