MILLENNIUM 0 - 8 casal. (393211181)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 44997 that came out to Olimpic Stadium. Georg Vonbank was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Agostino Chammartin and Aurélien Coignard. MILLENNIUM started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Graziuso - Meredith, Pinatel, Canu - Snider, Salvila, Inzaghi, Castellano, Nilsen - Pelloni, Schneck.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for casal.. The following players took the field: Oberti - Tommasini, Krautberger, Ellmerer - Tramutoli, Pellungrini, Nonnis, Mezzera, Krinkin - Pedrini, Fait.

0 - 1 was the score with 25 minutes played, after V. Fait cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for casal.. 29 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as P. Pedrini finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. The referee signalled a penalty 33 minutes into the game following an offence which looked like it was outside the box. G. Pellungrini knocked it home to make the score 0 - 3. By now, the players in casal. felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. With 34 minutes played, M. Tramutoli nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. 0 - 3 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to casal., who controlled the ball 66 percent of the time.

That casal.'s M. Ellmerer has the ability of doing what no one expects him to do was shown as he ran over an opposing defender, snatched the ball and passed to P. Pedrini who hit it hard into the wide open goal after 53 minutes: 0 - 4! Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 70 minutes, casal. did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, V. Fait was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 0 - 5. Several players seemed a little dazed by the warm weather, and were repeatedly tricked by the clever and agile A. Pinatel. 87 minutes into the match, casal.'s D. Krinkin demonstrated his famed speed as he raced past his marker and passed the ball to P. Pedrini who chipped it in for 0 - 6. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for P. Pedrini. After 88 minutes, casal. sent a free kick in high over the penalty box. In what looked like a well-rehearsed move, the ball was headed backwards and reached V. Fait, who had plenty of space to place a well aimed shot - 0 - 7. This third goal completed a hattrick for V. Fait. Some fine movement on the left led to a casal. goal after 89 minutes, making it 0 - 8. G. Nonnis was noted down as the scorer. V. Fait made a quick rush after 89 minutes, but N. Meredith had no problems keeping up the pace and stopped the attack. M. Tommasini came close to extending the visitors' lead when he found himself completely unmarked in front of the goal after a pass through the middle. He tried to lift the ball over G. Graziuso but overcooked it and hit the bar instead. 89 minutes in, MILLENNIUM's A. Snider received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. 89 minutes into the game, G. Pellungrini had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came M. Panella. casal. claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 63 percent.

MILLENNIUM's top performer was clearly A. Pinatel. On the other hand, N. Meredith's play was disheartening. The most dominating casal. player was without a doubt V. Fait. M. Panella was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 8.