Bu FC 2 - 4 Atletico (393211037)

48842 spectators arrived at Bu Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Bu FC tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Prapashtica - Padulo, Montalti, Infrangibilis - Nasuti, Patri, Rigamonti, Morgado, Favarato - Vinci, Tognazzo.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Atletico. The following players had been chosen: Zafferri - 啟漢 (Qihan), Gayola, Lebeda - Haslberger, Forgani, Tüpü, Wesselink, Bek - Kandaurov, Callier.

The wings were the focus of most of Bu FC's attacks today. Today, Atletico's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. With 22 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. O. Kandaurov put the ball away for 0 - 1. Bu FC's M. Infrangibilis left the field after 23 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was G. Yannone. Bu FC's S. Tognazzo refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 25 minutes. K. Haslberger increased Atletico's lead to 0 - 2 with a superb free kick strike that flew in just under the far top corner. Confident in their lead, Atletico's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Bu FC had to make a substitution after 39 minutes. S. Favarato limped off the field and was replaced by V. Ughetto. With 40 minutes played, J. Patri's free kick looked like a certain goal for Bu FC, but to his teammates' dismay, the keeper managed to tip it wide. After 43 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for C. Gayola who increased Atletico's lead to 0 - 3. With 44 minutes played, H. Morgado of Bu FC fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. Bu FC refused to be intimidated and, breaking through the middle, S. Vinci managed to slip the ball home for 1 - 3. Atletico's O. Kandaurov got himself booked for a foul. 1 - 3 was the score after the first half. Possession was split evenly between the teams.

D. Callier was, after 47 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper Z. Prapashtica made the save. Bu FC were able to draw a foul with their counterattacks, but the shot from J. Patri went into the arms of the keeper. After 49 minutes, Atletico's D. Callier fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! The crowd groaned when R. Rigamonti, having maneuvered his way down the right, fired the ball just wide and missed a great opportunity to reduce the deficit for Bu FC. Bu FC's S. Tognazzo found himself alone on the left side 60 minutes into the match and laid down a perfect shot - right into the arms of the keeper! Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Bu FC's R. Rigamonti was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 64 minutes. V. Manara was given a chance to change things around. Atletico increased their lead after 64 minutes when 周. 啟漢 (Qihan) broke through on the right, upping the score to 1 - 4, much to the home crowd's dismay. A. Bek wanted to play on, but the Atletico coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 70 minutes into the game by M. Westhoven. Bu FC's V. Ughetto was shown a yellow card after 74 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The Atletico players could smell victory in the air. D. Callier wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for H. Andermann after 77 minutes. In the lead, Atletico adjusted their style of play with 77 minutes gone. The corner kick from J. Patri was powerfully met by the head of P. Padulo to make the score 2 - 4. Always quick and a menace to his opponents, V. Ughetto was very close to getting through after 82 minutes, but he could only put the ball into the keeper's arms. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Bu FC, with 56 percent of the ball.

Bu FC's top performer was clearly S. Vinci. G. Yannone was a disappointment, however. Atletico's best player was O. Kandaurov. However, M. Westhoven made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 4.