Atletico 4 - 2 Juventus (393964242)

The crowd of 1253 turning up at Maggicum stadium today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Orhan Fano was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Zbigniew Pałyski and András Kéki. Atletico started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Emmanuele - Chiesi, Casucci, Snidaro - Marcaccio, Bellentani, Uelein, Cenacchi, Lopilato - Marino, Zappia.

Juventus decided to use a 2-5-3 set up. The following players had been chosen: Martella - Perotti, Nini - D'Aleo, Del Gaudio, Molons, Bajrovič, Mariani - Lorusso, Mortelliti, Miolato.

Atletico took a creative approach on the field. Juventus demonstrated their creative tactics on the field. Atletico's T. Snidaro was shown a yellow card after 18 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Atletico made sure of not letting G. Mariani succeed with his speed. When an opportunity appeared for him, as it did 21 minutes into the game, speedy A. Chiesi came to the rescue and stopped the attack. F. Zappia did not have a good day today, often losing his footing on the muddy pitch. The visiting G. Molons was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 35 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. The visitors' D. Mortelliti took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 38 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Juventus. The rain made it hard for players like S. Del Gaudio to show their technical control of the ball on this soggy day. Atletico supporters cheered as good work down the right got the ball to F. Zappia who reduced the visitors' lead after 41 minutes to 1 - 2. Atletico tried to even things up by sending a long ball towards the centrally placed strikers, but the visitors' defence got the best of this rather direct style of play. 1 - 2 was the score after the first half. Atletico had most of the ball, with 61 percent of possession.

Thighs bulging, M. Marino charged past the weaker players, seemingly oblivious to the rain. Atletico's M. Marino put his head to a well placed ball, lifted in from the left, and scored to make the score 2 - 2 with 64 minutes showing on the scoreboard clock. The unexpected cross pass from Atletico's R. Marcaccio after 71 minutes opened up the defence and was received by M. Marino who finished off for 3 - 2. G. Bellentani could have increased the lead after 72 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. Juventus's D. Mortelliti got himself booked for a foul. M. Lopilato of Atletico had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. G. Tozzato came in to finish the match. A. Chiesi should probably have put his team up another goal after 77 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by G. Martella kept the visitors in the game. 78 minutes into the game, R. Marcaccio had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came T. Hegener. Coming from the right, F. Cenacchi almost managed to score another goal for Atletico, but his header was tipped over the bar by the visitors' keeper. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Atletico to 4 - 2 as G. Tozzato finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. Atletico's T. Snidaro refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 84 minutes. Possession in this half belonged to Atletico, who controlled the ball 65 percent of the time.

Atletico's best player was G. Tozzato. G. Emmanuele on the other hand, had a terrible day. D. Mortelliti performed admirably for Juventus. On the other hand, S. Del Gaudio's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 2.