Suicho 2 - 2 fidelis (366157701)

14005 fans braved the pouring rain at Estadio de Annique. Călin Cenuşă was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Thierry Roman and Mats Roders. All of Piemonte was shut down for the day, as fans of both clubs came to the derby. Suicho started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. The following players took the field: Sitzia - Maci, Tierney, Grisoli, Brasini - Kratky, Flagiello, Orucov, Hansoul, Grant - Pilloni.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for fidelis. Lineup: Tubi - Balzamo, Lindner, Drushinin - Dyrcz, Çadırcı, Gros, Konzilia, Midžić - Madeo, La Rana.

Today, Suicho's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. fidelis took the lead after 3 minutes making the score 0 - 1. A. La Rana placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. Suicho were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. The crowd chanted their encouragement as Suicho's J. Kratky came in from the right after 14 minutes and put the ball in the net to level the score at 1 - 1. The boggy pitch disrupted the game, especially for technical players like A. La Rana. The home crowd was not impressed by the fancy moves of fidelis's C. Balzamo after 24 minutes. He converted a pass from the left for a goal, resulting in the visitors taking the 1 - 2 lead. fidelis's G. Madeo was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 28 minutes. Halftime score was 1 - 2. Possession in this half belonged to fidelis, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

Although the whole team were struggling to impress, Suicho's J. Kratky was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 55 minutes. O. Marin was given a chance to change things around. With 57 minutes played, A. La Rana nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. With 65 minutes played, the Suicho coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. C. Grasset came on, M. Flagiello had to leave the fray. Suicho needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 70 minutes S. Tierney made way for L. Vito. D. Midžić has acquired a talent for predicting the movements of the opposing defence over the years and this almost resulted in a goal 76 minutes into the match. With a shot curled in from just outside the middle of the penalty area after 81 minutes played, O. Marin of Suicho made the score 2 - 2. Suicho's T. Pilloni was shown a yellow card after 82 minutes for slicing down an opponent. M. Orucov was having a great game - if anything the pouring rain seemed to be spurring him on! The guests almost went up by a goal after 88 minutes when D. Midžić came through and shot from the right. The ball bounced harmlessly off the post, though. With 89 minutes of the game having been played, C. Grasset received a blow to the hip in a collision and was unable to continue. Suicho, with no available replacements, now faced the prospect of finishing the game with a reduced number of players. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by fidelis, with 61 percent of the ball.

Suicho's best player was M. Orucov. L. Vito on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating fidelis player was without a doubt H. Dyrcz. G. Madeo turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 2.