Longobarda 7 - 3 spessators (393590774)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 53537 had shown up at Stadio "Gianni e Umberto Agnelli" for the match. Gunvald Iversen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Peter Henriksson and Ursus Urft. All of Lombardia was shut down for the day, as fans of both clubs came to the derby. Longobarda tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. They fielded: Santini - Chiappetti, Caramelli - Slatinas, Hammarsten, Mohamad, Del Piero, Governini - Jamaica, Marveggio, Östlius.

spessators started off with a 2-5-3 lineup. Starters: Vincent - Vettorato, Tworzydło - Poestinger, Cappuccini, Andreu, Cigala, Zárate - Cresti, Mocini, Fernández.

They were singing the praises of A. Hammarsten 2 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to Longobarda. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave C. Vettorato from spessators a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 13 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! The crowd was silenced 14 minutes into the match as the visiting team's V. Andreu came in from the left, levelling the score to 1 - 1. An accurate cross from E. Governini of Longobarda was met with a wonderful glancing header from R. Marveggio, hitting the inside base of the post before nestling into the back of the net for 2 - 1. 22 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as F. Jamaica broke through, making the score 3 - 1 for Longobarda. The home team's fans were upset when, after 26 minutes, the visiting V. Andreu broke through the central defence and kicked the ball past the keeper. 3 - 2 was the score. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Longobarda to 4 - 2 as F. Jamaica finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. By now, the players in Longobarda felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. The teams went for the halftime break at 4 - 2. Longobarda claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

Almost all the way down to the corner flag, spessators's R. Zárate somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for C. Cresti, who struck for 4 - 3. Longobarda solidified their lead at the 53 minute mark, as S. Östlius dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 5 - 3. A late sliding challenge from C. Vettorato was deemed to be his second yellow card offence by the referee, resulting in him being sent off, and spessators left a man down. D. Caramelli left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 80 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. G. Alume was the replacement. Longobarda's R. Marveggio increased the lead to 6 - 3, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 84 minutes. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in Longobarda's G. Alume increasing the lead to 7 - 3. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, R. Marveggio got himself booked. The manager of Longobarda was not happy. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Longobarda, with 61 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Longobarda player was without a doubt A. Hammarsten. However, Y. Chiappetti made a disastrous appearance. A. Mocini performed admirably for spessators. R. Zárate turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 7 - 3.