latina73 0 - 7 RITORNO (392988142)

Clouds darkened the skies at francioni latina as 764 spectators turned up for the match. Sijbrand van der Wolf was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Efstratios Katsiougiannis and Gerdt Säckingen. latina73 started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. Lineup: Noseda - Schiavio, Cavaliere, Arriaza - Gaborin, Henry, Delgado, Burigana - Boloş, Spadoni, Durzu.

RITORNO had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Gerhart - Wiik, Yaacov, Féria - Moliterni, Săftoiu, Gennaro, Wiszczak, Gricourt - Vunderink, Aguacero.

latina73 were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. RITORNO saw most attack opportunities on the wings. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, S. Féria got himself booked. The manager of RITORNO was not happy. The visiting P. Wiszczak was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 40 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. The referee signalled a penalty 41 minutes into the game following an offence which looked like it was outside the box. M. Gennaro knocked it home to make the score 0 - 2. The home crowd was not impressed when J. Vunderink came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 42 minutes. RITORNO were now up 0 - 3. At this point, it was obvious that the players of RITORNO lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. J. Vunderink received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 44 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 4. The RITORNO fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. 0 - 4 was the halftime score. RITORNO had most of the ball, with 76 percent of possession.

The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave M. Gennaro from RITORNO a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 65 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! After 80 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave S. Féria a chance to increase the lead for RITORNO, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 5. 81 minutes into the match RITORNO's J. Aguacero viciously shoved another player from behind while going for a loose ball and was sent off the pitch with a red card. P. Wiik was the new captain of RITORNO - handed the armband by the departing player. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, M. Gricourt would have put RITORNO up another goal 82 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. The visitors' S. Féria took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 83 minutes into the match. 0 - 6 for RITORNO. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 85 minutes, RITORNO did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, P. Wiszczak was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 0 - 7. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by RITORNO, with 80 percent of the ball.

R. Boloş performed admirably for latina73. R. Delgado turned in a dismal performance, however. RITORNO's top performer was clearly A. Săftoiu. On the other hand, M. Gennaro's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 7.