Fegatello 2 - 6 Ompres (393212330)

Clear skies welcomed the 649 spectators who had made their way to Fegatello Arena. Per Jörgensson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Dinko Kereš and Torstein Aanonsen. Fegatello decided to use a 4-3-3 set up. Lineup: Danesi - Tzenov, Tzalakostas, Trombone, Oksal - Rusu, Bussigel, Nerland - Camporini, Cravarezza, Bradaschia.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Ompres. They fielded: Mitgutsch - Petrella, Tummeley, Fadale - Romagnoli, Dor, Marogna, Rankin, Dall'Oglio - Falavigna, Tanev.

Fegatello were relying on their ability to counter-attack. Today, Ompres's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Fegatello were very close to putting themselves one up after 6 minutes as A. Bradaschia got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. A badly positioned defensive formation on a free kick after 14 minutes led to Ompres's G. Fadale giving the visitors the lead 0 - 1. A. Nerland of Fegatello received a yellow card after 23 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. The corner kick from N. Rusu was powerfully met by the head of A. Bradaschia to make the score 1 - 1. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of Ompres's C. Marogna after 26 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 1 - 2 lead. The crowd gasped as G. Camporini of Fegatello was flattened by an opponent after 27 minutes and had to be carried off. M. Matrone came in off the bench. Halftime score was 1 - 2. Possession was split evenly between the teams.

The Ompres players could smell victory in the air. L. Mitgutsch wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for M. Braconi after 46 minutes. The coach of Ompres was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 46 minutes, P. Schaffer came on for D. Rankin. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Ompres coach let A. Grande replace K. Tanev after 46 minutes. After 52 minutes, A. Bradaschia made a dash down the middle past the away team's defenders to score the goal that made it 2 - 2. 72 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for Fegatello to take the lead after a good cross from the right found A. Nerland alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. With 78 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. E. Romagnoli put the ball away for 2 - 3. 84 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 2 - 4 as A. Grande finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. After 85 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave A. Grande a chance to increase the lead for Ompres, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 2 - 5. After this, you could see that the players of Ompres were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. Ompres were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. With 87 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed A. Grande of Ompres to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 2 - 6. This third goal completed a hattrick for A. Grande. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Ompres, with 53 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Fegatello player was without a doubt M. Matrone. F. Trombone was a disappointment, however. Ompres's top performer was clearly C. Falavigna. On the other hand, M. Braconi's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 6.