atletico 1 - 3 Morbidona (393768167)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 1306 had shown up at arena degli sfigati for the match. Peter Askenkvist was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Lennart Erstad and Boriša Vojnović. atletico decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. The following players took the field: Piri - Ria, Fellini, Passas, Mosconi - Vets, Bellori, Moreno, Berretta, Jakovljević - Kahn.

Morbidona had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Oldenbeuving - Rudian, Graeve, Magnani - Luso, Candido, Spivey, Fossati, Palacios - Papierski, Caso.

Morbidona were relying on their ability to counter-attack. This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when J. Magnani slipped through the defence on the right to come up alone against A. Piri, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning reflexes. After 25 minutes of play, B. Vets gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. Morbidona's S. Graeve was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 36 minutes. With 37 minutes played, atletico's S. Berretta almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. Morbidona's counterattacks were lethal to the opposing defence, allowing C. Caso to score easily from the right flank for 1 - 1. It was 1 - 1 at the break. atletico enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 60 percent of possession.

A lack of experience caused S. Berretta to make a difficult dribble close to dangerous opponent R. Spivey of Morbidona, who took the opportunity to score making it 1 - 2. A. Fossati of Morbidona took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 62 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 1 - 3. With 68 minutes played, H. Kahn's free kick looked like a certain goal for atletico, but to his teammates' dismay, the keeper managed to tip it wide. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by atletico, with 62 percent of the ball.

atletico's top performer was clearly M. Bellori. However, G. Mosconi made a disastrous appearance. J. Magnani performed admirably for Morbidona. J. Luso on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 3.