milan 3 - 2 Ganga (384995787)

15786 punters turned up at milan gran milan Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Kamil Szarzec was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Michael Köchel and Jacek Minorczyk. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for milan. Starters: Cocco - Pellencin, Lai, Francardelli - Di Vaio, Menegon, Cioccarelli, Salone, Igini - Colonnello, Pierri.

Ganga had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Piesala - Warning, Marselis, Van Hollebeke - Rego, Blatz, de Graaf, Schlender, Pries - Gutenberg, Cyba.

It was an obvious ambition of milan to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area with a goal nearly scored by G. Salone. At last, milan's F. Cioccarelli was able to backheel the ball in. 1 - 0. milan's P. Francardelli increased the lead to 2 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 21 minutes. By now, the players in milan felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. 38 minutes in, milan's G. Salone received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. The home team's fans were upset when, after 39 minutes, the visiting A. Gutenberg broke through the central defence and kicked the ball past the keeper. 2 - 1 was the score. M. Menegon increased the lead for milan to 3 - 1, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! milan had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. Ganga's A. Cyba was shown a yellow card after 44 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Due to a severely mistimed tackle, S. Colonnello of milan spent some time on the grass writhing in agony before he could get up and continue the game. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 1. milan had most of the ball, with 60 percent of possession.

Ganga fought on and, after 49 minutes, E. Rego was able to reduce the deficit to 3 - 2 after some excellent moves on the right side were finished off with an incredibly clever chip. With 54 minutes played, M. Menegon could have brought this one home for milan as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. Attacking on the wings was the choice for milan, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. The home side's O. Pierri came close to extending the lead 55 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but V. Piesala managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. 69 minutes into the game, A. Gutenberg had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came B. Irazustabarrena. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by milan, with 62 percent of the ball.

The most dominating milan player was without a doubt O. Pierri. On the other hand, T. Pellencin's play was disheartening. B. de Graaf performed admirably for Ganga. E. Rego turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 3 - 2.