USCremonese 1 - 4 Robin (350574665)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 33675 to Giovanni Zini. Jockel Nösges was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Volker Hülsthorst and Rafael López. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for USCremonese. The following players took the field: Llanos - Ríos, Kalan, Riolfatti - Seremetis, Škop, Ramírez Guzmán, Buldakov, Konterman - Villa, Movileanu.

Robin started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. Lineup: 宽诚 (Kuancheng) - Linares, Jørgensen, Baeckelandt, Adenau - Allahverdi, Mikkelsen, Barboni, Tove, Morel - Ócsai.

Today, USCremonese's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. Robin preferred to finish off their attacks from a distance. A penalty was given after 12 minutes, allowing the visitors to gain the lead: 0 - 1. P. Ócsai was the scorer. After 26 minutes USCremonese's E. Ramírez Guzmán contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. The referee showed USCremonese's R. Kalan the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 0 - 1 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Robin, with 54 percent of the ball.

One of many good crosses from C. Konterman on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by I. Movileanu, who scored for USCremonese. 1 - 1 Given a free kick close to the byline, Robin tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let A. Barboni slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 1 - 2, 83 minutes into the game. Robin focused on finding shooting opportunities from distance and after 86 minutes S. Allahverdi fired off the big cannon, but the shot went sailing over the cross bar and into the car park. After 87 minutes, P. Ócsai sent the corner kick right to H. Baeckelandt who headed it sharply past the keeper. 1 - 3! By now, the players in Robin felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. USCremonese's M. Škop refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 88 minutes. H. Baeckelandt held up a Robin attack after 89 minutes, waited until A. Barboni was in shooting position, and then elegantly set him up. A. Barboni didn't disappoint his team mates, and from a distance he curled the ball with precision to the right of the keeper making it 1 - 4. Robin enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

USCremonese's best player was I. Movileanu. E. Seremetis on the other hand, had a terrible day. Robin's top performer was clearly 翁. 宽诚 (Kuancheng). However, A. Morel made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 4.