aAa 8 - 0 FCBenevento (393341453)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 2695 at Estádio Anacleto Piçarra today. Massimiliano Diamante was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ivan Subachev and Giuseppe Ganino. aAa tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Mourgues - Brandão, Banderas, Geuens - Guštinčič, Wilmowski, Catargiu, Boissenot, Reutas - Acosta, Madzharov.

FCBenevento decided to use a 3-4-3 set up. The following players had been chosen: Mazzocato - Verducci, Montaiuti, Trincas - Ajello, Codispoti, Bergonzoni, Żołnierz - Kremer, Noszleth, Zecchini.

FCBenevento saw most attack opportunities on the wings. The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 6 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from T. Boissenot, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. Cheers filled the stadium as M. Guštinčič broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 2 - 0 to aAa. aAa managed to extend their lead to 3 - 0 when M. Acosta cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. aAa increased the lead as M. Guštinčič struck to make the score 4 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. The teams went for the halftime break at 4 - 0. aAa had most of the ball, with 81 percent of possession.

Things were deteriorating for the away team as aAa scored another to make it 5 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for M. Acosta after 58 minutes. The players of aAa now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. D. Madzharov unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of aAa to 6 - 0 as M. Guštinčič finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. By then M. Guštinčič had scored three goals - a hat trick! 84 minutes into the match, aAa's M. Acosta demonstrated his famed speed as he raced past his marker and passed the ball to D. Madzharov who chipped it in for 7 - 0. aAa put themselves up 8 - 0 when A. Reutas broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. aAa claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 79 percent.

aAa's top performer was clearly T. Boissenot. However, J. Brandão made a disastrous appearance. Most important FCBenevento player was I. Kremer. V. Bergonzoni on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 8 - 0.