TheBoxers 2 - 1 viagiotto (393971461)

960 spectators had found their way to Giants Arena, despite the heavy rain. Stefan Gilling was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Pedro Giménez and Junior Lavigne. TheBoxers decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Roses Ferrer - Porębski, 新涌 (Xinyong) , Dziendziel - D'Amico, López Lamadrid, Malevolti, Iritia, Guarducci - Grabow, Rainato.

viagiotto tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. They fielded: Ceylan - Sinagra, Ciciulla - Neder, Dell'Albani, Pogliani, Stuy, Faieta - Striano, Cellamaro, Burdi.

Making his way up the middle 2 minutes into the match, P. Malevolti almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert D. Ceylan blocked it to keep the score level. P. Guarducci of TheBoxers received a yellow card after 10 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. After 27 minutes, viagiotto's D. Ciciulla made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. P. Guarducci did not have a good day today, often losing his footing on the muddy pitch. Some fine passing in the middle of the pitch, carving open the away defence, should have led to a goal for TheBoxers, but L. Rainato's shot went over the bar. After 41 minutes of play, P. Guarducci evened things up for TheBoxers with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 1 - 1. 43 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for TheBoxers to take the lead after a good cross from the right found C. D'Amico alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. 1 - 1 was the score after the first half. TheBoxers enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 67 percent of possession.

viagiotto's D. Cellamaro was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 68 minutes. 75 minutes into the game, O. Neder was a hair's breadth away from giving viagiotto the lead with a shot from over on the left. A prompt block by N. Roses Ferrer saved the home team that time. D. Cellamaro was struggling to make the ball dance with his usual trickery and panache, and the opposing players had little trouble shutting him down in these muddy conditions. Some great play up the middle by TheBoxers led to a chance for P. Guarducci to score after 77 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. 82 minutes into the game, a swerving free kick by A. López Lamadrid almost resulted in the home team taking the lead, but the shot glanced harmlessly off the frame of the goal. 85 minutes were showing on the scoreboard when TheBoxers's P. Guarducci received his second yellow card and was sent off. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 86 minutes, TheBoxers did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, F. Grabow was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 2 - 1. TheBoxers claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 62 percent.

F. Grabow performed admirably for TheBoxers. C. D'Amico turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important viagiotto player was O. Neder. J. Stuy on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 1.