Fulmini 0 - 3 belvamon (381849499)

The crowd of 11347 turning up at Lo Stadio dei Fulmini today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Roberto Ambrogetti was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Emmanuel Coimbra and William Smith. Fulmini had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Ferrero - Ritvanen, Sedstrand, Vettorato - Ferguson, Juárez, Pinzi, Tonscheidt, Luca - Pisanu, Sánchez.

belvamon started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Cacà - Kirpikovas, Filippucci, Filipovic Ricci - Rinnaudo, Inturri, Horvath, Martin, Urbano - Giorio, Luca.

belvamon's G. Martin was shown a yellow card after 20 minutes for slicing down an opponent. C. Sánchez did not have a good day today, often losing his footing on the muddy pitch. The terraces were silenced after 25 minutes when belvamon's A. Luca put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, L. Ritvanen got himself booked. The manager of Fulmini was not happy. G. Giorio could have put his team up another goal 33 minutes into the game, after a rush down the left, but his closing shot hit the post. After 34 minutes Fulmini tried to exploit their counterattacking skills, unfortunately, C. Sánchez's shot sailed wide after his break down the right. B. Sedstrand had a hard time on the waterlogged pitch - his trademark technique was nowhere in sight today. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave S. Luca from Fulmini a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 39 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! No matter how hard he tried, O. Juárez just couldn't get his shot past the visitors' right side defence after 40 minutes. Halftime score was 0 - 1. belvamon enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 60 percent of possession.

Just a few inches to the right, and the visitors could have had a goal 47 minutes into the match. G. Martin surely wishes he could do that free kick over again. After 69 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave M. Urbano a chance to increase the lead for belvamon, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 2. A drive down the left side allowed A. Luca to get in close and score another goal for belvamon after 80 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 3. Confident in their lead, belvamon's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. belvamon had most of the ball, with 61 percent of possession.

Most important Fulmini player was E. Pisanu. On the other hand, P. Ferguson's play was disheartening. The most dominating belvamon player was without a doubt M. Urbano. However, C. Inturri made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 3.