millan 1 - 8 Valsabbia (382201254)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 6235 had shown up at real millan Arena for the match. Vito D'apolito was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Wisi Pncet and Pekka Suominen. Everyone was excited about the upcoming Lombardia derby and the crowd was divided evenly. millan tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players took the field: Voccoli - Pastore, Agosto, Cotellessa, Guindani - Bartone, Bergamin, Arcellone, Mauro - Miclausig, Moreni.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Valsabbia. Starters: Muscarello - Volpicelli, Papapostolou, Mastropietro, Gennarelli - Turtù, Cabass, Lessgewang, Piraino - Kalampalikis, Cravarezza.

0 - 1 was the score with 6 minutes played, after M. Gennarelli cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Valsabbia. The referee showed millan's P. Pastore the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. N. Kalampalikis's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for Valsabbia, he bravely continued in the match. The visitors' G. Cravarezza took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 21 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Valsabbia. After this, you could see that the players of Valsabbia were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. millan's L. Bartone excelled in some fine tricks that completely confused P. Papapostolou - and the finish was no less spectacular - 1 - 2! After 33 minutes, Valsabbia's G. Cabass burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 1 - 3. After 37 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave G. Cravarezza a chance to increase the lead for Valsabbia, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 1 - 4. It was 1 - 4 at the break. Valsabbia claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 72 percent.

The visitors added to their lead 64 minutes into the game, after a sensational penalty kick by Valsabbia's D. Lessgewang slid just past the home keeper. 1 - 5. N. Kalampalikis received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 75 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 1 - 6. The Valsabbia fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. After 77 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for A. Turtù who increased Valsabbia's lead to 1 - 7. 78 minutes in, millan's M. Bergamin received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. With 79 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed G. Piraino of Valsabbia to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 1 - 8. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Valsabbia, with 79 percent of the ball.

millan's best player was A. Mauro. On the other hand, D. Cotellessa's play was disheartening. N. Kalampalikis performed admirably for Valsabbia. M. Mastropietro on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 8.