Green 0 - 7 Manganielli (382023419)

The crowd of 5752 turning up at Green Eyes Stadium today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Carlos Antonio Ochoa was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alois Vrubelevsky and Sebi Nietlispach. Green decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Bruno - Campitiello, Raillo, Sancin, Sedran - Cresti, Artoni, Da Ros, Auricchio - Patruno, Volume.

Manganielli tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Cerino - Warnow, Draghetti, Ernstsen - Bellagotti, Bizzozero, Hmelnitskiy, Búzás, Monilia - De Ceuster, Chauvet.

A mistake by the home side's central defence after 7 minutes allowed Q. Draghetti to score for Manganielli. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1. A drive down the left side allowed P. Chauvet to get in close and score another goal for Manganielli after 10 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 2. After this, you could see that the players of Manganielli were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. With the scoreboard showing that 28 minutes had been played, Manganielli nearly put themselves up another goal after S. Hmelnitskiy came through on the left. Fortunately for the home crowd, the keeper made the save. With 36 minutes played, D. Sancin of Green fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. A defender managed to keep the ball from crossing the goal-line after a curling shot coming in from the right from V. Bizzozero after 37 minutes, and prevented Manganielli from going up another goal. Some fine movement on the left led to a Manganielli goal after 38 minutes, making it 0 - 3. P. Chauvet was noted down as the scorer. Manganielli's S. Hmelnitskiy got himself booked for a foul. 0 - 3 was the score after the first half. Manganielli claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 84 percent.

P. De Ceuster came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over J. Bruno but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. The referee showed Manganielli's Q. Draghetti the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. P. De Ceuster increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 4. Thighs bulging, S. Monilia charged past the weaker players, seemingly oblivious to the rain. The visitors' V. Bizzozero took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 77 minutes into the match. 0 - 5 for Manganielli. V. Bizzozero received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 78 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 6. The Manganielli fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. After 79 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave P. Chauvet a chance to increase the lead for Manganielli, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 7. By then P. Chauvet had scored three goals - a hat trick! Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Manganielli, with 87 percent of the ball.

Green's best player was A. Patruno. J. Raillo on the other hand, had a terrible day. Manganielli's top performer was clearly P. De Ceuster. However, J. Cerino made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 7.