arluno75 8 - 1 Milan~ (382008230)

14500 spectators arrived at campo arluno, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Laurence Busslinger was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Guillem Agulló and Niels Skovfoged. arluno75 had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players took the field: Julian - Wentholt, Ghidoni, Aba, Lozada - Marr, Bocquier, Mapelli, Peter - Mançer, Artakos.

Milan~ started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Scalone - Heus, Westend, Dönhoff - Rigg, Hiser, Stefanelli, Bertaux, Mihai - Pietragalla, Drogt.

Milan~ seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. They were singing the praises of V. Peter 3 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to arluno75. Y. Artakos should probably have put his team up another goal after 16 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by L. Scalone kept the visitors in the game. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in arluno75's I. Aba increasing the lead to 2 - 0. D. Mapelli increased the lead for arluno75 to 3 - 0, 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! After this, you could see that the players of arluno75 were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. After 37 minutes Milan~'s L. Scalone had to be carried off on a stretcher in agony. L. van Arendonk came in to replace him. After 39 minutes, J. Wentholt put arluno75 ahead 4 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. arluno75 put themselves up 5 - 0 when W. Lozada broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. The teams went for the halftime break at 5 - 0. arluno75 enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 61 percent of possession.

arluno75's Y. Mançer saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 52 minutes. Morale on the visitors' bench was greatly improved when their M. Bertaux reduced the lead to make it 5 - 1 after 54 minutes, following a pass from the right. Content with how the game was proceeding, the arluno75 coach let O. Holmbom replace M. Bocquier after 60 minutes. One of many good crosses from V. Peter on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by Y. Artakos, who scored for arluno75. 6 - 1 Y. Mançer wanted to play on, but the arluno75 coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 65 minutes into the game by E. Sánchez. As the captain was no longer on the pitch, I. Aba took over the role of being the arluno75 captain. Milan~'s R. Mihai was shown a yellow card after 68 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The corner kick from Y. Artakos was powerfully met by the head of D. Mapelli to make the score 7 - 1. With 79 minutes played, arluno75 put themselves up 8 - 1 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to W. Lozada, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave I. Aba from arluno75 a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 80 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! R. Heus's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for Milan~, he bravely continued in the match. arluno75 claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 63 percent.

arluno75's top performer was clearly V. Peter. J. Julian was a disappointment, however. Most important Milan~ player was G. Pietragalla. L. van Arendonk turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 8 - 1.