Sicilia 1 - 2 boville (381865679)

12856 spectators arrived at Antonino Ruvolo Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Filip Fürst was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Toni Florentino and Denis Delmas. Sicilia tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. They fielded: Maicuru - Zappa, Cabañero Martínez, Eriksson, Łepkowski - Amprino, Damiano, Gravuso, Chinigò - Bibo, Cobbe.

boville decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Alessio - Məmmədxanov, Cryan, Cerimovic - Horodyński, Benoît, Longobardi, Vander Vekens, Ruperti - Polis, Verdeces.

The wings were the focus of most of Sicilia's attacks today. boville used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. Sicilia's S. Zappa tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when D. Polis slipped through the defence on the right to come up alone against A. Maicuru, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning reflexes. boville's M. Cryan got himself booked for a foul. boville players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 16 minutes allowed X. Verdeces to score for boville. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1. X. Verdeces received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 29 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 2. The boville fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. 0 - 2 was the halftime score. boville had most of the ball, with 59 percent of possession.

After 60 minutes of game time, M. Longobardi had an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors' lead, clipping a volley hooked in from the right, but A. Maicuru was in the right place and tipped the ball over for a corner. Sicilia mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 61 minutes, but S. Bibo was unable to convert from short range. After 64 minutes, M. Damiano sent the corner kick right to A. Gravuso who headed it sharply past the keeper. 1 - 2! Sicilia's S. Bibo was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 70 minutes. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, T. Vander Vekens would have put boville up another goal 71 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. Sicilia needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 75 minutes A. Maicuru made way for M. Garella. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Sicilia's G. Cobbe was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 75 minutes. M. Azzoni was given a chance to change things around. boville enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 57 percent of possession.

Sicilia's top performer was clearly A. Gravuso. On the other hand, S. Eriksson's play was disheartening. M. Longobardi performed admirably for boville. Y. Məmmədxanov turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 2.