Canaglia 0 - 5 Monza (394130506)

1039 punters turned up at Epson Arena, and despite threatening clouds on the horizon, no rain came. Louis Peterson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Amir Masoud Yousefi and Marco Caloia. Canaglia had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. Starters: Barela - Ligori, Sciacca, Kanov - Udassi, Brinkman, Frigoli, Gaset - Camerón, Andreánszky, Greutmann.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Monza. Lineup: Kanjer - Moro, Zakrzewski, Solórzano, Drobec - Schäding, Vermeegen, Mogliati, Zungu, Leisnig - Gravić.

After the game, the most discussed event will probably be the penalty given after 3 minutes that gave the visitors the 0 - 1 lead. Despite the controversy, A. Moro struck home the penalty, as cool as anything. C. Drobec of Monza took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 8 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 2. C. Drobec received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 9 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 3. The Monza fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. Confident in their lead, Monza's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. After 30 minutes, Monza's S. Gravić burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 4. 33 minutes into the game, Monza seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a inadequate level of organisation. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, M. Greutmann got himself booked. The manager of Canaglia was not happy. 0 - 4 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to Monza, who controlled the ball 81 percent of the time.

The Monza players spent the break getting a rerun of the team's tactical organisation and regained a solid organisation when the game started again. M. Mogliati wanted to play on, but the Monza coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 46 minutes into the game by 熊. 聪敏 (Congmin). An amazing free kick flew past the home keeper 49 minutes into the match, putting Monza ahead 0 - 5. A. Moro was the scorer. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Monza coach let C. Villar replace C. Drobec after 50 minutes. The Monza players could smell victory in the air. S. Gravić wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for L. Zanner after 65 minutes. Monza had most of the ball, with 84 percent of possession.

M. Greutmann performed admirably for Canaglia. J. Brinkman turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating Monza player was without a doubt L. Zanner. On the other hand, H. Leisnig's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 5.