Atomic 0 - 6 anandaluc (382212371)

It had rained all day, but 7137 hardy fans still made it out to GOLA DEL DIAVOLO. Augusto Cannizzaro was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jürgen Kobert and Tom Moriarty. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Atomic. They fielded: Bubbi - Uricchio, Ciappa, Moranduzzo, Baroncini - Barzagli, Bolognesi, Zuccarello, Bovinelli - Moracci, Brăteanu.

anandaluc had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. Lineup: Piisilä - Kleiner, Karayel - Marraffa, Mens, Deniau, Calafat, Ciccozzi - Moraglio, del Llano, Ramseyer.

anandaluc showed off their creative tactics. anandaluc's M. del Llano managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 10 minutes. 0 - 1. Atomic's G. Bovinelli's long shot really ought to have found the net 17 minutes into the match, but it fell just wide of the target. 21 minutes into the game, anandaluc seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a weak level of organisation. 22 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as M. Deniau finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. After this, you could see that the players of anandaluc were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. M. Deniau of anandaluc took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 31 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 3. Halftime score was 0 - 3. anandaluc claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 65 percent.

The anandaluc players spent the break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organisation and regained a solid organisation when the game started again. T. Marraffa left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 46 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. G. Glockshuber was the replacement. An amazing free kick flew past the home keeper 54 minutes into the match, putting anandaluc ahead 0 - 4. E. Karayel was the scorer. After a short break after 70 minutes, anandaluc seemed to change their tactical approach a bit. After 75 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by anandaluc was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. C. Mens received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 81 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 5. The anandaluc fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. The visitors' G. Ciccozzi took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 84 minutes into the match. 0 - 6 for anandaluc. 86 minutes in, anandaluc appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only passable. Possession in this half belonged to anandaluc, who controlled the ball 75 percent of the time.

Atomic's top performer was clearly S. Brăteanu. P. Bubbi on the other hand, had a terrible day. anandaluc's best player was M. Deniau. G. Glockshuber turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 6.