sopi 5 - 0 Black (382180996)

5193 spectators had found their way to fc sopi Arena, despite the heavy rain. Yehuda Ben Asher was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Carlos Gotarda and Gonzalo Ignacio. sopi had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Filipovic Ricci - Olla, Da Pozzo, Zucchi, Scirea - Ruberto, Mezzasalma, Spicci, Maddii - Lione, Colace.

Black decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Starters: Corazzesi - Mazzamurro, Glendi, Perazzino, Petrilli - Martorana, Castignoli, Tamagnini, Marghella - Della Morte, Paolillo.

It was a bad day for the usually speedy A. Glendi. The mud seemed to slow him down. sopi took the lead 7 minutes into the match after a magnificent free kick by S. Olla that made the score 1 - 0. sopi's G. Mezzasalma had an excellent opportunity after 8 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! sopi were given a gift! The ref dubiously awarded them a penalty 13 minutes into the match, which was neatly put away by S. Olla. 2 - 0 for the home side. Coming from the right, M. Ruberto almost managed to score another goal for sopi, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. After 32 minutes, G. Mezzasalma put sopi ahead 3 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. Black's L. Mazzamurro left the field after 35 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was P. Saleppichi. 3 - 0 was the score after the first half. sopi claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 56 percent.

As P. Saleppichi had, completely unprovoked, swept the legs out from under an opponent in front of a linesman, the referee gave the Black player a red card without batting an eyelid. sopi were forced into a substitution as S. Olla couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing N. Chiosi to come in off the bench. C. Tamagnini could've grabbed a goal for Black 63 minutes in when he got a pass from the left putting him free of the home side's defence, but he was unable to take advantage of the situation. A well-executed free kick by G. Da Pozzo after 71 minutes made it 4 - 0 for sopi. After this, you could see that the players of sopi were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. 77 minutes into the game, sopi were awarded a penalty that G. Da Pozzo turned into 5 - 0 without a problem. Black certainly deserved a goal after some stunning play down the left, but C. Tamagnini just wasn't able to finish. N. Chiosi behaved like an inexperienced youth player after 82 minutes as he gave the ball away to M. Marghella. Lucky for him though, there was no goal. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, A. Glendi got himself booked. The manager of Black was not happy. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by sopi, with 58 percent of the ball.

sopi's top performer was clearly E. Lione. G. Filipovic Ricci turned in a dismal performance, however. Black's best player was V. Paolillo. However, U. Castignoli made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 5 - 0.