brasati 0 - 2 Ulgiaa (382012653)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 9603 had shown up at aldo ponti di binzago for the match. Manuel Gravato was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Per Torgård and Lutz Tiedewitz. Everyone was excited about the upcoming Lombardia derby and the crowd was divided evenly. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for brasati. Lineup: Witte - Chianese, Belouchi, Zorino - Romualdi, Archetti, Pozza, Micai, Tanque - Menascì, Mészöly.

Ulgiaa tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Hug - Diversi, Basten, á Dul - Astazi, Mayen, Velando, Squillace, Trampoukos - Assenheim, Carrillo.

Today, brasati's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. brasati's M. Pozza tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 26 minutes into the match left Ulgiaa's S. Squillace completely free to score. 0 - 1 for the visitors. The home crowd was not impressed when S. Squillace came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 37 minutes. Ulgiaa were now up 0 - 2. By now, the players in Ulgiaa felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Halftime score was 0 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to Ulgiaa, who controlled the ball 63 percent of the time.

With 50 minutes played, the brasati coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. E. Laso came on, T. Archetti had to leave the fray. brasati needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 65 minutes E. Romualdi made way for J. Bercini. After 68 minutes, brasati used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. The bench was restless, and with 69 minutes passed brasati's coach gave N. Zaccari the opportunity the player had been hoping for. M. Pozza reluctantly left the field. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Ulgiaa, with 65 percent of the ball.

brasati's best player was E. Micai. E. Chianese turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Ulgiaa player was without a doubt L. Carrillo. However, R. Hug made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 2.