bestboysssss 0 - 8 VAL.SA (382223726)

Clouds darkened the skies at bestboysssss Arena as 4696 spectators turned up for the match. Stoffel de Graaff was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Tuomas Mikko and Sergio Serna. bestboysssss had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Starters: Modica - Cola, Lott, Lenardo, Mastacchi - Biondo, Villani, Mancini, Borgognone - Slongo, Scrima.

VAL.SA started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Kwasek - Cousino, Meggen, Herter - Zmudziński, Barbera, Jieper, Calosso, Hauenschild - Però, Abussi.

0 - 1 was the score with 10 minutes played, after A. Hauenschild cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for VAL.SA. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave M. Borgognone from bestboysssss a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 20 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! D. Kwasek's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for VAL.SA, he bravely continued in the match. A. Hauenschild's early cross saw the defenders caught out of position and the alert G. Abussi was able to pounce and roll the ball past the hapless goalkeeper to score for VAL.SA. 0 - 2. G. Però received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 41 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 3. The VAL.SA fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. By now, the players in VAL.SA felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. 42 minutes into the game, VAL.SA worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. A late sliding challenge from M. Borgognone was deemed to be his second yellow card offence by the referee, resulting in him being sent off, and bestboysssss left a man down. G. Biondo became the new bestboysssss captain. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 3. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by VAL.SA, with 67 percent of the ball.

After 52 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave E. Jieper a chance to increase the lead for VAL.SA, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 4. The visitors' A. Barbera took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 60 minutes into the match. 0 - 5 for VAL.SA. VAL.SA increased their lead after 64 minutes when G. Però broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 6, much to the home crowd's dismay. After 71 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed G. Abussi to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 7. VAL.SA had to make a substitution after 80 minutes. P. Zmudziński limped off the field and was replaced by B. Battaglia. With 81 minutes played, VAL.SA put themselves up 0 - 8 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was G. Però. At that, G. Però was noted down for a hat trick! VAL.SA enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 71 percent of possession.

bestboysssss's top performer was clearly R. Cola. However, E. Mastacchi made a disastrous appearance. The most dominating VAL.SA player was without a doubt R. Meggen. E. Jieper on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 8.