A scorching day at
Nuevo Golagol, where 932 spectators were in place for today's match.
Oshri Edri was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
Moussa Kadri and
Román Menchero.
Golagolagol tactics involved an interesting 5-5-0 combination.
Starters: Pflughaupt - Rubio Vega, Rave, Tuneu, Carvajal, Martínez - Schween, Felgoso, Zúñiga Requesens, Casares, Esparducer -.
Sangiovannese decided to use a 4-5-1 set up.
The following players took the field: Solano - Serafini, Zardo, Croce, Luperto - Musella, Dohet, Lambertino, Bové, Giovanardi - Moscardelli.
Golagolagol saw most attack opportunities on the wings.
Sangiovannese clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle.
The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave
L. Musella from Sangiovannese a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 7 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient!
After 12 minutes, the home side was awarded a penalty. The visitors protested wildly but the referee was adamant.
J. Esparducer easily put the ball away to give the lead to Golagolagol. 1 - 0
With 21 minutes played, Golagolagol put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to
J. Esparducer, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home.
Sangiovannese's
A. Serafini had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 28 minutes having been played.
L. Sileo was the replacement.
R. Giovanardi stunned the crowd with a brilliant counterattack from the left, giving Sangiovannese the goal to make it 2 - 1.
2 - 1 was the score after the first half.
Golagolagol had most of the ball, with 69 percent of possession.
J. Esparducer's curling free kick almost found the goal for Golagolagol, but the visitors' keeper somehow managed to get ahold of it.
Golagolagol managed to extend their lead to 3 - 1 when
J. Esparducer cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper.
By then
J. Esparducer had scored three goals - a hat trick!
Confident in their lead, Golagolagol's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it.
79 minutes in, Sangiovannese's
C. Croce received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first.
Golagolagol increased the lead as
J. Esparducer struck to make the score 4 - 1 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper.
After 81 minutes, Golagolagol's
J. Rubio Vega fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit!
The coach of Golagolagol was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 89 minutes,
X. Caruncho came on for
H. Pflughaupt.
Possession in this half belonged to Golagolagol, who controlled the ball 68 percent of the time.
Most important Golagolagol player was
A. Felgoso.
However,
X. Caruncho made a disastrous appearance.
Sangiovannese's top performer was clearly
P. Moscardelli.
N. Zardo on the other hand, had a terrible day.
The match ends 4 - 1.