AAAncona1905 6 - 1 Aston (382002820)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 10651 at Arena del mare today. Jimmy Foretic was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ionut Ionescu and Bjarne Høyland. AAAncona1905 started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players took the field: Haghighi - Łacna, Batashev, Korczyk - Grigoletto, Abdi, Dáscola, Camporese - Stáňa, Montefusco, Masarin.

Aston decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Starters: Kreuzzau - Pentassuglia, Fabbricatore, Celentano, Aletti - Lofano, Musarella, Fassari, Del Fabro - Strambini, Avanzolini.

Today, AAAncona1905's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Using their counter-attacking abilities was the strategy of choice for Aston. The AAAncona1905 free kick 7 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of P. Stáňa, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 1 - 0! AAAncona1905 solidified their lead at the 11 minute mark, as D. Dáscola dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 2 - 0. The players of AAAncona1905 now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. P. Stáňa unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. A counterattack by Aston after 26 minutes could have resulted in a goal, but A. Pentassuglia, coming in on the left, couldn't get the shot off. Aston had to make a substitution after 28 minutes. G. Aletti limped off the field and was replaced by A. Candio. After 37 minutes, AAAncona1905 sent a free kick in high over the penalty box. In what looked like a well-rehearsed move, the ball was headed backwards and reached L. Abdi, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 3 - 0. M. Lofano had a couple of good opportunities to reply, but the home team's keeper S. Haghighi was simply unbeatable. 40 minutes into the game, A. Łacna finished off a AAAncona1905 left wing counterattack, making the score 4 - 0. The referee showed Aston's R. Fassari the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. Halftime score was 4 - 0. AAAncona1905 claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 61 percent.

The AAAncona1905 players could smell victory in the air. S. Masarin wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for G. Bresolin after 46 minutes. AAAncona1905 had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. AAAncona1905's D. Dáscola increased the lead to 5 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 56 minutes. The coach of AAAncona1905 was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 60 minutes, C. Scarpelli came on for A. Camporese. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave R. Celentano from Aston a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 63 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! E. Grigoletto wanted to play on, but the AAAncona1905 coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 75 minutes into the game by F. Rogari. 80 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as F. Rogari broke through, making the score 6 - 0 for AAAncona1905. AAAncona1905 were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. A great save by keeper T. Kreuzzau after 86 minutes kept the visitors in the game after F. Korczyk struck from the left with a real cannonball. P. Stáňa of AAAncona1905 was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Aston were desperate to get a goal back and pushed forward through the middle 88 minutes into the game. After a scramble in the box, the ball dropped to A. Pentassuglia, who smashed it home to make the score 6 - 1. AAAncona1905 enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 57 percent of possession.

AAAncona1905's top performer was clearly G. Bresolin. On the other hand, F. Korczyk's play was disheartening. The most dominating Aston player was without a doubt A. Avanzolini. M. Lofano on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 6 - 1.