whippets3 8 - 1 Aretina (382066898)

Due to an all-day shower, 4387 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at whippets da luz. Chris Moss was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Chris de Vos and Oscar Bulnes. whippets3 tactics involved an interesting 4-3-3 combination. They fielded: Machado - Mangili, Albuquerque, Lasak, Nagi - Laschi, Brassé, Ubaté - Strangis, Holtman, Puschel.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Aretina. Starters: Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach - Giammari, Migliavacca, Navarrini, Malpede - Macchiaiolo, Toffanello, Scardaccione, Nuzzo - Barzasi, Pitzalis.

The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 11 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from L. Laschi, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. After 14 minutes, Aretina raised their score by one when G. Nuzzo's dangerous low cross was cleverly tucked in at the near post by G. Barzasi. 1 - 1. L. Laschi caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 33 minutes. This gave whippets3 the 2 - 1 lead. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in whippets3's R. Strangis increasing the lead to 3 - 1. At this point, it was obvious that the players of whippets3 lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. The home side's F. Nagi came close to extending the lead 38 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but H. Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. It was 3 - 1 at the break. Possession in this half belonged to whippets3, who controlled the ball 74 percent of the time.

whippets3's L. Albuquerque increased the lead to 4 - 1, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 54 minutes. 60 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as B. Holtman broke through, making the score 5 - 1 for whippets3. whippets3 managed to extend their lead to 6 - 1 when K. Puschel cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. J. Lasak squirmed through their central defence after 69 minutes, increasing the lead to 7 - 1. Cheers filled the stadium as N. Mangili broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 8 - 1 to whippets3. whippets3 had most of the ball, with 78 percent of possession.

whippets3's best player was R. Strangis. However, J. Lasak made a disastrous appearance. Aretina's top performer was clearly G. Barzasi. H. Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach was a disappointment, however. The match ends 8 - 1.