castelnovese 3 - 1 atletico (351018881)

25577 spectators arrived at fiorenzo stadium, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Remy Blomme was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Tony Wale and Helge Heerdegen. castelnovese tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. They fielded: Blin - Istasse, Cordera, van Dulmen, Rosi - Siponen, Nasser, Buonocore, Sokół - Apodaca, Wallborg.

atletico decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Lineup: Beltramme - Beccalossi, Vanopstal, Nonato, Ekeland - Bremond, Feberwee, Bunea, Zannirato - Zaliani, Delalande.

The wings were the focus of most of atletico's attacks today. castelnovese had a good opportunity to take the lead as J. Siponen came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of D. Beltramme. After 4 minutes a very unfortunate collision in the penalty area led to atletico's F. Zannirato being carried off the pitch and replaced by A. Condello. With 8 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. M. Bremond put the ball away for 0 - 1. 30 minutes into the match, castelnovese's H. Nasser maneuvered his way around the opposition on the left flank, delighting the crowd with his twists and turns. The effort paid off as the ball found the back of the net, evening the score at 1 - 1. With 33 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 2 - 1 lead as H. Nasser flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. atletico's A. Condello was shown a yellow card after 35 minutes for slicing down an opponent. After 41 minutes, R. van Dulmen put castelnovese ahead 3 - 1 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. J. Istasse of castelnovese received a yellow card after 42 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. There was concern in the stands when, at the 43 minute mark, castelnovese's J. Siponen hit the ground hard, but he refused the attention of the trainer and rejoined his teammates on the pitch. Players in atletico heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. Halftime score was 3 - 1. castelnovese had most of the ball, with 58 percent of possession.

With 47 minutes played, J. Apodaca could have brought this one home for castelnovese as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, C. Feberwee got himself booked. The manager of atletico was not happy. K. Wallborg could have put castelnovese up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 74 minutes. atletico's F. Delalande made use of his speed to get free of the defence, but he still couldn't get a shot off 76 minutes into the match. A. Buonocore had a fantastic opportunity to put castelnovese up another goal 79 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. With 84 minutes played, castelnovese's W. Sokół almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. castelnovese's H. Nasser got himself booked for a foul. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by castelnovese, with 56 percent of the ball.

The most dominating castelnovese player was without a doubt K. Wallborg. J. Siponen on the other hand, had a terrible day. Most important atletico player was L. Nonato. However, A. Condello made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 1.