Bisonte 5 - 0 gufi (381916710)

Due to an all-day shower, 19663 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at Dell'Infrangibile. Matias Lahenius was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Eevert Vartioniemi and Davide Abbiati. Bisonte started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Bond - Priegue, Gleckler, Coutinho - Grajczak, Babiak, Iorga, Zając, Carafa - Moorfleet, Omini.

gufi decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Covas - Recinella, Loccioni, Catullo, Manerba - Finizza, Biondaro, Erçetin, Soldati - Luciani, Georgescu.

Today, gufi's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. P. Zucchetti was called on to replace Bisonte's V. Iorga after 23 minutes following a nasty collision. Bisonte took the lead after 29 minutes as a result of D. Carafa's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. The muddy pitch made the game a gritty affair, which seemed to suit G. Finizza just fine. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Bisonte scored another to make it 2 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for C. Moorfleet after 39 minutes. A. Babiak slipped and slithered in the wet grass. His usual rapid runs were nowhere to be seen today. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Bisonte to 3 - 0 as V. Priegue finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. D. Carafa could have put Bisonte up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 43 minutes. Halftime score was 3 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Bisonte, with 67 percent of the ball.

Given a free kick in a difficult position after 53 minutes, Bisonte tried a variation that they had practised in training. The kick was sent into the area just in front of the keeper. However, the defence were on their toes and allowed no space for a finish. gufi were pushed back, and had many dangerous counterattacks. An impressive one came 54 minutes into the match, but L. Biondaro narrowly missed the free kick attempt that was awarded as a result of a foul. After 65 minutes, gufi switched F. Soldati with G. Cavallaro, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. With 66 minutes played, the gufi coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. A. Azzoni came on, M. Luciani had to leave the fray. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, gufi's G. Erçetin was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 67 minutes. R. Carzana was given a chance to change things around. Bisonte's P. Zucchetti increased the lead to 4 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 67 minutes. With 70 minutes played, G. Gleckler could have brought this one home for Bisonte as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. Bisonte's L. Grajczak swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball. gufi's G. Manerba was shown a yellow card after 84 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Bisonte solidified their lead at the 85 minute mark, as A. Babiak dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 5 - 0. By now, the players in Bisonte felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Possession in this half belonged to Bisonte, who controlled the ball 62 percent of the time.

The most dominating Bisonte player was without a doubt L. Zając. On the other hand, T. Bond's play was disheartening. gufi's best player was A. Azzoni. C. Covas on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 5 - 0.