juniors 0 - 8 arsaghese (392996333)

Dark skies made the crowd of 522 at bombonera a little nervous, but the rain held off. Iman Eskandari Nasab was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Lasse Alanko and Ossi Hallikas. juniors decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Lineup: Zolliker - Odifreddi, Casati, Mercuri - Werner, Đồng Cát, Truglio, Pellegrini, Camorani - Rumignani, Flamant.

arsaghese had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Krogoll - Budzyła, Favasuli, Gavuglio, Saladra - Ruscitti, Ghencea, Davato, Wheen - Fossemò, Faoro.

juniors were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. It was an obvious ambition of arsaghese to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. juniors had a good opportunity to attack in the middle, but remembered their instructions to focus on wing attacks instead. A free kick aimed at the keeper's far post almost gave arsaghese the lead 20 minutes in, but the ball just wasn't able to squirm its way through the defensive wall. Players in juniors heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. juniors's G. Odifreddi was shown a yellow card after 38 minutes for slicing down an opponent. After 39 minutes, arsaghese put themselves up 0 - 1, as M. Wheen finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. Proving his experience, M. Wheen scored 0 - 2 for arsaghese after putting some pressure on the opposing defence at a critical moment. arsaghese were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. With 43 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed P. Gavuglio of arsaghese to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 3. A lunatic dribble by C. Pellegrini, in front of his own keeper, set up arsaghese's F. Faoro for an embarrassingly easy strike after 44 minutes. 0 - 4! It was obvious that arsaghese had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. P. Gavuglio increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 5. At this point, it was obvious that the players of arsaghese lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. 0 - 5 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to juniors, who controlled the ball 58 percent of the time.

After 46 minutes, juniors switched N. Đồng Cát with P. Porri, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. Some fine movement on the left led to a arsaghese goal after 62 minutes, making it 0 - 6. F. Faoro was noted down as the scorer. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave J. Saladra from arsaghese a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 78 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Attacking on the wings was the choice for arsaghese, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. The home crowd was not impressed when M. Budzyła came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 80 minutes. arsaghese were now up 0 - 7. juniors had to manage with a reduced squad after 84 minutes, as E. Camorani got sent off for a needless foul away from the game's action. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, F. Faoro would have put arsaghese up another goal 85 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. The game was close to savage at times, and arsaghese's J. Saladra received a second yellow card after 86 minutes; his ticket out of the game. juniors were forced into a substitution as P. Porri couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing O. Stadtweide to come in off the bench. The visitors' M. Wheen took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 87 minutes into the match. 0 - 8 for arsaghese. By then M. Wheen had scored three goals - a hat trick! juniors had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

juniors's top performer was clearly U. Rumignani. I. Zolliker on the other hand, had a terrible day. arsaghese's best player was F. Faoro. I. Ghencea was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 8.