maggika_roma 3 - 2 bistagno (381928335)

Dark skies made the crowd of 17225 at Nido delle Aquile a little nervous, but the rain held off. Péter Szekeres was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Karst Laponder and Gaetano Guido. maggika_roma decided to use a 4-3-3 set up. Lineup: Antoniani - Blumenkamp, Lamont, Allmuça, Lucchi - Pisoni, Selizniovas, Paoletti - Zambotti, Arcuri, Lodato.

bistagno had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Öncüer - Tsirigkidis, Proost, Nicolas - Arroba, Stickroth, Luukkainen, Bertòn, Zaydi - Rivera, Borchart.

Pressing was the tactic of the day for bistagno. L. Paoletti's lack of experience almost gave bistagno a goal after 12 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. The guests took the lead 13 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in J. Luukkainen scoring to make it 0 - 1. Some fine movement on the left led to a bistagno goal after 19 minutes, making it 0 - 2. T. Rivera was noted down as the scorer. maggika_roma's A. Lodato got the home crowd going when he finished off a left wing charge, reducing the away team's lead to 1 - 2. bistagno pressed their opponents, causing the game to be a bit of a stalemate at times. 1 - 2 was the halftime score. bistagno enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.

After 49 minutes, N. Zambotti made a dash down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the goal that made it 2 - 2. The pressing tactics used by bistagno were successful as the ball remained close to the half way line at all times. M. Antoniani looked great 77 minutes into the match after stopping a shot from the middle of the penalty area from the visitors' J. Luukkainen. maggika_roma took the lead 81 minutes into the game by 3 - 2, as N. Zambotti elegantly received a long range pass through the middle, finishing off with a half-volley shot just below the bar. The visitors kept the pressure on to tie the game when, after 82 minutes, L. Bertòn broke through the centre and found himself alone with the keeper. M. Antoniani made a great block, though. At this time in the match, bistagno were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by bistagno, with 52 percent of the ball.

Most important maggika_roma player was N. Zambotti. A. Lamont on the other hand, had a terrible day. T. Rivera performed admirably for bistagno. M. Arroba turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 2.