atletico 4 - 1 semm (381999579)

14695 spectators had come to palomo stadium this cloudy day. Hermann Mathes-Schmidt was the appointed referee with assistance provided by José María Pérez de Guzmán and Folke Post. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for atletico. The following players took the field: Passarini - Saltarelli, Dahms, Bibo - Malik, Magelli, Cerioli, Araújo, Rizzardi - Dobel, Zillweger.

semm had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Vecchiato - Viggiani, Aletti, Driussi - Pastonchi, Lombisani, Menzani, Clésio, Tornese - Di Salvo, Pedroni.

atletico were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. Players in atletico heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. 13 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for atletico was L. Dobel. J. Tornese of semm seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 1 - 1 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by G. Pedroni. After 22 minutes semm's G. Pedroni limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. semm's E. Di Salvo could have put the guests one up after 25 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but A. Passarini was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. atletico created a good opportunity to score 27 minutes into the match when M. Rizzardi's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. Halftime score was 1 - 1. atletico enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 56 percent of possession.

The home side put themselves ahead 2 - 1 after 47 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from G. Cerioli, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. F. Dahms increased the lead for atletico to 3 - 1, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! Although the whole team were struggling to impress, semm's N. Pastonchi was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 60 minutes. R. Zabeo was given a chance to change things around. atletico had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. atletico increased the lead as M. Rizzardi struck to make the score 4 - 1 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, T. Malik got himself booked. The manager of atletico was not happy. The home side's G. Cerioli came close to extending the lead 76 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but N. Vecchiato managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. T. Malik of atletico got sent off for kicking the ball after the whistle, a completely uncalled for move, earning him his second yellow card of the game. atletico had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

The most dominating atletico player was without a doubt L. Dobel. A. Passarini on the other hand, had a terrible day. G. Lombisani performed admirably for semm. G. Pedroni was a disappointment, however. The match ends 4 - 1.