spirulina 4 - 0 castelnuovo (381929772)

23148 spectators arrived at speriamo bene, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Johan Falström was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Günther Kerckhof and Bill Jul. spirulina started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. Lineup: Del Rosso - Conceição, Dolzhenko, Okumaz - Sunesson, Hochstattler, Ryborz, Laveggi - Nájera Gómez, Matteoni, Trancoso.

castelnuovo decided to use a 5-2-3 set up. They fielded: Cantini - Lo Grasso, Saggioro, Amori, Garfagnini, Amir Ehsani - Dignan, Yülük - Karlsen, Matek, Herger.

The wings were the focus of most of spirulina's attacks today. castelnuovo were relying on their ability to counter-attack. In a rapid move 14 minutes into the match, M. Matteoni of spirulina lost his man and passed the ball to the unmarked J. Trancoso who easily hit it home to make it 1 - 0. Luckily the ref didn't see him taunting the opposing fans in celebration - naughty boy! Cheers filled the stadium as A. Laveggi broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to spirulina. Confident in their lead, spirulina's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. 26 minutes in, spirulina's A. Laveggi received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. 28 minutes into the game, spirulina were awarded a penalty that H. Hochstattler turned into 3 - 0 without a problem. spirulina had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. I. Ryborz could have put spirulina up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 35 minutes. The referee showed castelnuovo's T. Herger the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. castelnuovo's G. Amori refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 37 minutes. 3 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to spirulina, who controlled the ball 74 percent of the time.

spirulina's H. Hochstattler swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball. With the clock showing 57 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of castelnuovo resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by M. Matek in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. 59 minutes were showing on the scoreboard when spirulina's A. Laveggi received his second yellow card and was sent off. G. Amir Ehsani was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so castelnuovo's A. Alessandrini had to come off the bench. spirulina were given a gift! The ref dubiously awarded them a penalty 72 minutes into the match, which was neatly put away by H. Hochstattler. 4 - 0 for the home side. The home side's V. Dolzhenko came close to extending the lead 78 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but E. Cantini managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. spirulina claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 71 percent.

H. Hochstattler performed admirably for spirulina. M. Matteoni turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important castelnuovo player was F. Saggioro. E. Cantini on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 0.